Thomas Cech

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American chemist, biochemistry professor

United States ScientistsBorn 1947 · age 78

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Thomas Robert Cech is an American chemist who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Sidney Altman for their discovery of the catalytic properties of RNA.

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2016Fellow of the AACR Academy

2010honorary doctor of Harvard University

2007Othmer Gold Medal

1995National Medal of Science

1989Nobel Prize in Chemistry

1988Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research

1988Canada Gairdner International Award

1988Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize

1988Dr H.P. Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics

1988Rosenstiel Award

1987NAS Award in Molecular Biology

1986Newcomb Cleveland Prize

1985Guggenheim Fellowship

1985Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry

Distinguished Eagle Scout Award

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David BaltimoreAlso won NAS Award in Molecular Biology

Arthur KornbergAlso won Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry

Rita DoveAlso won honorary doctor of Harvard University

Alec JeffreysAlso won Dr H.P. Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics

Martin ChalfieAlso won Rosenstiel Award

James BradyAlso won Distinguished Eagle Scout Award

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