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Michael Smith
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Michael Smith (1932–2000) was a Canadian chemist, biochemist, and geneticist who worked as a university teacher. Born in Blackpool, he was educated at the University of Manchester and later employed by the University of British Columbia. His professional interests included chemistry, with a primary field of work in molecular biology and biochemistry. Smith was an atheist who spoke English.
He received several prestigious honors, including the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the Canada Gairdner International Award, and the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and was a member of the Royal Society, the European Molecular Biology Organization, and the National Academy of Sciences. Smith died in Vancouver in 2000.
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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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michael
- Family name
- Smith
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Blackpool
- Place of death
- Vancouver
- Occupation
- geneticist
- Employer
- University of British Columbia
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Field of work
- biochemistry
- Image
- Michael Smith cropped.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1932-04-26
- date of death
- 2000-10-04
- member of
- National Academy of Sciences
- name in native language
- Michael Smith
- different from
- Michael J. Smith
- Commons category
- Michael Smith (chemist)
- interested in
- chemistry
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Article · Polski
Michael Smith (ur. 26 kwietnia 1932 w Blackpool, zm. 4 października 2000 w Vancouver) – kanadyjski chemik pochodzenia brytyjskiego, laureat Nagrody Nobla. Studiował chemię na Uniwersytecie Manchasterskim, w 1956 uzyskał tam tytuł doktora. W tym samym roku wyjechał do Vancouver na staż w Laboratorium Har Gobind Khorany. W 1960 przeniósł się wraz z całym zespołem Khorany na Uniwersytet Wisconsin, aby rok później odłączyć się od niego i powrócić do Vancouver. Pracę na Uniwersytecie Kolumbii Brytyjskiej kontynuował do śmierci. W 1993 otrzymał Nagrodę Nobla w dziedzinie chemii za wkład w badania dotyczące mutagenezy ukierunkowanej i ich wykorzystanie do badań białek. Wyróżnienie to dzielił z Karym B. Mullisem.
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