Werner Arber - Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — 1978
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Werner Arber

Prize
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — 1978
for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of molecular genetics
Citizenship
Switzerland Switzerland
Languages
English, German
date of birth
6/3/1929
place of birth
Gränichen
Age
97 years
member of
  • Pontifical Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 5/12/1981
  • National Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 1984
  • Academia Europaea
    • start time: 1989
  • European Molecular Biology Organization
  • Hungarian Academy of Sciences
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Royal Academy of Engineering of Spain
employer
  • University of Geneva
  • University of Basel
  • University of Southern California
occupation
  • physician
  • university teacher
  • geneticist
  • Nobel Prize winner
  • microbiologist
educated at
  • University of Geneva
  • University of Basel
  • ETH Zurich
position held
  • rector of the University of Basel
doctoral student
  • Daisy Dussoix
field of work
  • microbiology
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