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Michael Smith was a biochemist who, in 1993, won the Nobel prize for chemistry. He was born in Blackpool. His father was Rowland Smith, a market gardener, and his mother was Mary Agnes née Armstead, a book-keeper.
Oct 23, 2018 · October 1 marked 25 years since Michael Smith won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work at UBC. Smith, who passed away in 2000, is most well-known for his research in gene manipulation, which represented the first time biochemists were able to pinpoint and change specific genes in DNA.
Michael Smith Smith received the Prize for his fundamental contributions to the establishment of oligonucleotide-based, site-directed mutagenesis and its development for protein studies. Born in Blackpool, England, he received his PhD in 1956 from the University of Manchester.
Sep 24, 2018 · Those are the words of Dr. Michael Smith, BC’s first Nobel Laureate and MSFHR’s namesake. This October, 25 years after Smith won the Nobel Prize, MSFHR and organizations from across BC’s scientific research community are celebrating his powerful legacy.
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Today, more than 20 years after his death, Smith’s legacy is obvious. His name is on the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, the Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre at BC Cancer, and the Michael Smith Labs at UBC.
In 2004 the UBC Biotechnology Laboratories were renamed the Michael Smith Laboratories in his honor. Also in 2004 the new biological sciences research centre at The University of Manchester was named the Michael Smith Building. Selected publications.
Oct 10, 2018 · Story: Peg Fong. If you were living in Vancouver 25 years ago and your name was Michael Smith, you might have picked up the phone in the early morning hours of October 13 and heard the voice of someone from the Nobel Prize committee.
