Gerald Joyce

American biochemist · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1956 · age 69

Gerald Francis "Jerry" Joyce is an American physician who is the president and a professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and was previously the director of the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation.

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2017Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesAward2010Stanley Miller MedalAward2009Dannie Heineman PrizeAward2005Oparin MedalAward1995Pfizer Award in Enzyme ChemistryAward1994NAS Award in Molecular BiologyAward1956Born28 November 1956

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Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences2017

Stanley Miller Medal2010

Dannie Heineman Prize2009

Oparin Medal2005

Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry1995

NAS Award in Molecular Biology1994

About this person

He is best known for his work on in vitro evolution, for the discovery of the first DNA enzyme (deoxyribozyme), for his work in discovering potential RNA world ribozymes, and more in general for his work on the origin of life. In 2026, he was elected to the American Philosophical Society.

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