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Daniel Nathans (October 30, 1928 – November 16, 1999) was an American microbiologist. He shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application in restriction mapping .
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Mar 28, 2024 · Daniel Nathans (born Oct. 30, 1928, Wilmington, Del., U.S.—died Nov. 16, 1999, Baltimore, Md.) was an American microbiologist who was corecipient, with Hamilton Othanel Smith of the United States and Werner Arber of Switzerland, of the 1978 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. The three scientists were cited for their discovery and ...
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It was Daniel Nathans's brilliant work that first demonstrated the immense utility of restriction enzymes for analyzing genomes, greatly accelerating the expansion of modern molecular biology. Daniel Nathans was born in Wilmington, Delaware on October 30, 1928. He was the youngest of eight children of Russian Jewish immigrants Samuel and Sarah ...
About this Collection. Daniel Nathans (1928-1999) was an American molecular biologist whose pioneering work with restriction enzymes provided one of the cornerstones of "the new genetics." His early research advanced scientific understanding of protein synthesis in bacterial viruses. Later, working with tumor viruses, he was the first to ...
Nov 18, 1999 · Daniel Nathans was born in Wilmington, Del., on Oct. 30, 1928. His parents were immigrants from Russia, and his father owned a five-and-dime store that he lost in the Depression.
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3. DANIEL NATHANS. October 30, 1928–November 16, 1999. BY DANIEL DIMAIO. D. ANIEL NATHANS, A SCIENTISTwhose pioneering use of restriction endonucleases revolutionized virology and genetics and whose personal qualities had a profound impact on those who knew him, passed away in November 1999 at the age of 71. He was the University Professor of ...
Choosing Research, 1955-1962. Daniel Nathans had an early interest in, and aptitude for, science and math, and majored in chemistry at the University of Delaware. His father, who very much wanted a doctor in the family, strongly encouraged his youngest child to channel this interest into medicine. Nathans later recalled that he chose the ...
