Jack Szostak

Also known as Jack William Szostak, Jack W. Szostak

American biologist

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Jack Szostak is an American biologist known for his work in molecular biology and genetics. His research has contributed to understanding fundamental biological processes, making him a significant figure in advancing scientific knowledge in his field.

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Jack Szostak is indexed among the 233 entries in Vinony's Nobel Prize in Medicine collection. It also appears in Nobel Laureates.

Vinony's link graph records 469 inbound references to Jack Szostak, and connects out to Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, National Academy of Sciences and Bachelor of Science.

It sits within the topics 1952 births, American fellows of the Royal Society and American geneticists.

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Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine2009
“for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase”
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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Jack
Gender: male
Citizenship: Canada
Place of birth: London
Occupation: biochemist
Educated at: Cornell University
Employer: University of Chicago
Languages spoken: English language
Doctoral advisor: Ray Wu
Field of work: genetics
Image: Nobel Prize 2009-Press Conference Physiology or Medicine-16.jpg

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date of birth: 1952-11-09
Commons category: Jack W. Szostak
member of: Royal Society
Erdős number: 5
name in native language: Jack William Szostak
interested in: biology

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Encyclopedic overview

Jack William Szostak FRS (born November 9, 1952) is a Canadian American biologist of Polish British descent, Nobel Prize laureate, university professor at the University of Chicago, former professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School, and Alexander Rich Distinguished Investigator at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

Szostak has made significant contributions to the field of genetics. His achievement helped scientists to map the location of genes in mammals and to develop techniques for manipulating genes.

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