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Sidney Altman
Sidney Altman is a Canadian-American molecular biologist, who is the Sterling Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and Chemistry at Yale University. In 1989 he shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Thomas R. Cech for their work on the catalytic properties of RNA.
BornMay 07, 1939, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
NationalityCanadian & American (since 1984)
FieldsMolecular biology
InstitutionsYale University, Cambridge University, Harvard University
Alma materMIT, University of Colorado at Boulder, Columbia University
ThesisBacteriophage T₄ DNA replication in the absence and presence of 9-aminoacrine (1967)
Doctoral studentsBenjamin C. Stark
Known forRibozymes
Notable awardsNobel Prize in Chemistry (1989), Lomonosov Gold Medal (2016)
SpouseAnn Korner (m. 1972, 2 children)

About Sidney Altman

Biologist Sidney Altman was born in Canada on May 7, 1939. He dies at the age of 82, on April 5, 2022.

A molecular biologist from Canada and the United States who shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Thomas R. Cech for their work on RNA's catalytic characteristics.

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Sidney Altman before becoming famous

Sidney Altman was born in the Zodiac sign Taurus (The Bull), and 1939 is also the year of Rabbit (兔) in the Chinese Zodiac.

While studying physics at MIT, he was a member of the school's ice hockey team.

Achievement of Sidney Altman

In 1988, he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as a Fellow.

Sidney Altman's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He and his wife Ann Korner, whom he married in 1972, have two children.

Sidney Altman Collabed with

In 1989, he and Chemist Thomas Cech shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on the catalytic characteristics of RNA.

Sidney Altman Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Sidney Altman updated on March 14 2023.