Werner Arber(1929)
MedicineWerner Arber is a Swiss microbiologist and geneticist. Along with American researchers Hamilton Smith and Daniel Nathans, Werner Arber shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of restriction endonucleases. Their work would lead to the development of recombinant DNA technology.
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Awards & Recognition
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1978for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of molecular genetics
University of BaselExternal Profiles
Co-winners
Shared the same award in the same year
Education
ETH Zurich
University of Basel
University of Geneva
Doctoral Advisor
Daisy Dussoix
Career Timeline
University of Geneva?–present
University of Basel?–present
University of Southern California?–present
Positions & Roles
rector of the University of Basel
Academy Memberships
National Academy of Sciences (US)American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Related Laureates
Other winners of the same award(s)
SS
Shimon Sakaguchi
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2025)
ME
Mary E. Brunkow
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2025)
FR
Fred Ramsdell
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2025)
KK
Katalin Karikó
Gruber Prize in Neuroscience (2024)
VA
Victor Ambros
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2024)
GR
Gary Ruvkun
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2024)
DW
Drew Weissman
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2023)
SP
Svante Pääbo
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2022)
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