Sidney Altman
✓ Source-basedrisingCanadian American molecular biologist (1939-2022)
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Sidney Altman was a Canadian-American molecular biologist, who was 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.
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Alfred Thayer MaanAlso won honorary doctorate from the McGill University
Michael Ellis DeBakeyAlso won Lomonosov Gold Medal
James RothmanAlso won Sterling Professor
John Howard NorthropAlso won Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Harold BloomAlso won Sterling Professor
John CornforthAlso won Nobel Prize in ChemistryAbout this person
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United StatesCategory
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1939 to 2022 · aged 82
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