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Celebrities born on December 8
Born in 1947
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Thomas Robert Cech is an American chemist who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Sidney Altman, because they discovered the catalytic properties of RNA. Cech found that RNA itself could cut RNA strands, suggesting that life could start from RNA. He also studied telomeres and his lab discovered an enzyme, TERT, that is part of the recovery of telomeres after they shorten during cell division. As president of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, he promoted science education and taught an undergraduate chemistry course at the University of Colorado.
BornDecember 8, 1947, Chicago, USA
InstitutionsUniversity of Colorado, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Alma materGrinnell College (B.A, 1970), University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D, 1975), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Postdoctoral)
Doctoral studentsDaniel Gottschling, Paula Grabowski, Brenda Bass
Known forRibozyme, Telomerase
Notable awardsNewcomb Cleveland Prize (1986), NAS Award in Molecular Biology (1987), Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1989), National Medal of Science (1995), Othmer Gold Medal (2007)

About Thomas Cech

Chemist Thomas Cech was born on December 8, 1947 in Illinois, United States (He's 77 years old now).

In his work with RNA, a chemist and former president of the Entrepreneur Howard Hughes Medical Institute discovered the potential origins of life. In 1988, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one year after being elected to the National Academy of Sciences of the United States.

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Thomas Cech before becoming famous

Thomas Cech was born in the Zodiac sign Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer), and 1947 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Pig (豬).

In 1975, he earned a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley.

Achievement of Thomas Cech

In 1989, he and his research collaborator, Biologist Sidney Altman, were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering RNA's catalytic characteristics.

Thomas Cech's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

In 1970, he married Carol Lynn Martinson.

Thomas Cech Collabed with

In chemistry, he and Chemist Ahmed Zewail are both Nobel Laureates.

Ahmed Zewail (1946 - 2016) (Chemist)
Ahmed Zewail (1946 - 2016)

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Thomas Cech Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Thomas Cech updated on March 18 2023.