Jack Szostak - Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — 2009
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Jack Szostak

Prize
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — 2009
for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase
Citizenship
Canada Canada United States United States
Languages
English
date of birth
11/9/1952
place of birth
London
Age
73 years
educated at
  • McGill University
    • academic degree: Bachelor of Science
    • academic major: cell biology
    • end time: 1971
  • Cornell University
    • academic degree: doctorate
    • academic major: biochemistry
member of
  • National Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 1998
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Royal Society of London
    • start time: 2019
doctoral student
  • David P. Bartel
  • Jennifer Doudna
field of work
  • cytogenetics
  • biology
  • genetics
employer
  • Harvard University
  • Harvard Medical School
  • University of Chicago
occupation
  • professor
  • biologist
  • geneticist
  • biochemist
  • molecular biologist
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