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Roger D. Kornberg
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American biochemist
Roger D. Kornberg is an American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his studies of how cells copy genetic information from DNA. His work helped scientists understand the fundamental molecular process of transcription, which is essential for all living organisms to function and pass on their traits.
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Chemistry2006
“for his studies of the molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription”
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- David
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- St. Louis
- Father
- Arthur Kornberg
- Occupation
- biologist
- Educated at
- Stanford University
- Employer
- Stanford University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- Harden M. McConnell
- Field of work
- structural biology
- Image
- Roger Kornberg April 2016.jpg
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- member of
- Academia Europaea
- Commons category
- Roger D. Kornberg
- date of birth
- 1947-04-24
- name in native language
- Roger David Kornberg
- interested in
- structural biology
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Encyclopedic overview
Roger David Kornberg (born April 24, 1947) is an American biochemist and professor of structural biology at Stanford University School of Medicine. Kornberg was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2006 for his studies of the process by which genetic information from DNA is copied to RNA, "the molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription."
Early life and education
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