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Richard Roberts
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English biochemist and molecular biologist
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Richard John Roberts is a British biochemist and molecular biologist born in Derby in 1943. He is a university teacher who has worked at Harvard University and the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Roberts studied at the University of Sheffield and was a student of James Watson. His native language is English.
He received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Sir Hans Krebs Medal, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Roberts is a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His work focuses on biochemistry and molecular biology.
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Key facts
- Born
- Richard John Roberts , ( 1943-09-06 ) 6 September 1943 (age 82) , Derby , England
- Alma mater
- University of Sheffield ( BSc , PhD )
- Known for
- Alternative splicing Work on introns Restriction endonucleases DNA methylation Computational molecular biology
- Awards
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1993) Knight Bachelor (2008) Lomonosov Gold Medal (2021)
- Fields
- Molecular biology
- Institutions
- University of Sheffield New England Biolabs Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Harvard University
- Thesis
- Phytochemical studies involving neoflavanoids and isoflavanoids (1969)
- Website
- nobelprize .org /nobel _prizes /medicine /laureates /1993 /roberts-bio .html
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1993
“for their discoveries of split genes”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Richard
- Family name
- Roberts
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Derby
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- Harvard University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- Gabor Medal
- Student of
- James Watson
- Field of work
- biochemistry
- Image
- Roberts, Richard John (1943).jpg
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- Richard John Roberts
- date of birth
- 1943-09-06
- member of
- Royal Society
- Erdős number
- 4
- birth name
- Richard John Roberts
- interested in
- molecular biology
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Encyclopedic overview
Sir Richard John Roberts (born 6 September 1943) is a British biochemist and molecular biologist. He was awarded the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Phillip Allen Sharp for the discovery of introns in eukaryotic DNA and the mechanism of gene-splicing. He currently works at New England Biolabs.
Early life and education
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