Nobel laureate Har Gobind Khorana

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Har Gobind Khorana was an Indian-American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1968 for his pioneering work on the genetic code and the synthesis of nucleic acids.

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instanceOf Nobel laureate ⓘ
biochemist ⓘ
human ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in organic chemistry ⓘ
awardReceived Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research ⓘ
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize ⓘ
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Canada ⓘ
India ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1922-01-09 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2011-11-09 ⓘ
educatedAt ETH Zurich ⓘ
University of Liverpool ⓘ
University of the Punjab ⓘ
employer Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
University of British Columbia ⓘ
University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ
ethnicGroup Punjabi ⓘ
familyName Khorana ⓘ
fieldOfWork biochemistry ⓘ
genetics ⓘ
molecular biology ⓘ
givenName Gobind ⓘ
Har ⓘ
influenced development of synthetic DNA technology ⓘ
modern genetic engineering ⓘ
knownFor deciphering codon assignments in the genetic code ⓘ
synthesis of nucleic acids ⓘ
work on the genetic code ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Punjabi ⓘ
linked to: Punjabi language
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ
United States National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
NobelPrize.share 1/3 ⓘ
NobelPrize.subject genetic code and its function in protein synthesis ⓘ
NobelPrize.year 1968 ⓘ
notableStudent Thomas A. Steitz ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Steitz
numberOfChildren 3 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Raipur, Punjab Province, British India ⓘ
placeOfDeath Concord, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
positionHeld Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Biology and Chemistry at MIT ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
researchContribution chemical synthesis of oligonucleotides ⓘ
demonstration of the role of nucleotide triplets (codons) in protein synthesis ⓘ
synthesis of the first artificial gene ⓘ
residence Boston metropolitan area, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
linked to: Greater Boston

Madison, Wisconsin, United States ⓘ
Vancouver, Canada ⓘ
linked to: Vancouver
spouse Esther Elizabeth Sibler ⓘ

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University of the Punjab → hasNotableAlumni → Nobel laureate Har Gobind Khorana ⓘ
Har Gobind Khorana → familyName → Khorana ⓘ
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