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Michael Smith
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Michael Smith (1932–2000) was a Canadian chemist, biochemist, and geneticist. Born in Blackpool, he was educated at the University of Manchester and served as a university teacher at the University of British Columbia. His work focused on molecular biology and biochemistry. Smith was a member of the Royal Society, the European Molecular Biology Organization, and the National Academy of Sciences. He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the Canada Gairdner International Award, and was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. He died in Vancouver.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1952 May 1
- Works
- 24
Top works
- Foli
- Station X
- Station X
- Enigma entschlüsselt. Die Codebreakers von Bletchley Park
- The Emperor's Code
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 8,261
- Total plays
- 50,378
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Moderated estimation of fold change and dispersion for RNA-seq data with DESeq2
· 2014 · cited 88,431x
- Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles
· 2005 · cited 48,803x
- Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test
· 1997 · cited 48,627x
- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 44,811x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 43,514x
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Chemistry1993
“for his fundamental contributions to the establishment of oligonucleotide-based, site-directed mutagenesis and its development for protein studies”
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Encyclopedic overview
Michael Smith (April 26, 1932 – October 4, 2000) was a British-Canadian biochemist and businessman. He shared the 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Kary Mullis for his work in developing site-directed mutagenesis. Following a PhD in 1956 from the University of Manchester, he undertook postdoctoral research with Har Gobind Khorana (himself a Nobel Prize winner) at the British Columbia Research Council in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Subsequently, Smith worked at the Fisheries Research Board of Canada Laboratory in Vancouver before being appointed a professor of biochemistry in the UBC Faculty of Medicine in 1966. Smith's career included roles as the founding director of the UBC Biotechnology Laboratory (1987 to 1995) and the founding scientific leader of the Protein Engineering Network of Centres of Excellence (PENCE). In 1996 he was named Peter Wall Distinguished Professor of Biotechnology. Subsequently, he became the founding director of the Genome Sequencing Centre (now called the Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre) at the BC Cancer Research Centre.
Education and early life
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