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Werner Arber
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Werner Arber was a Swiss microbiologist and geneticist who made important contributions to understanding how bacteria protect themselves from viruses through a process involving DNA cutting and modification. His work on restriction enzymes—the molecular "scissors" that cut DNA at specific points—earned him a share of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and laid crucial groundwork for modern genetic engineering and DNA research.
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1978
“for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of molecular genetics”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Werner
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Gränichen
- Child
- Silvia Arber
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of Basel
- Employer
- University of Basel
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral student
- Daisy Dussoix
- Field of work
- microbiology
- Image
- Werber Arber.jpg
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- Werner Arber
- date of birth
- 1929-01-01
- name in native language
- Werner Arber
- interested in
- microbiology
- municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
- Gränichen
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Encyclopedic overview
Werner Arber (born 3 June 1929 in Gränichen, Aargau) is a Swiss microbiologist and geneticist. Along with American researchers Hamilton Smith and Daniel Nathans, Werner Arber shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of restriction endonucleases. Their work would lead to the development of recombinant DNA technology.
Life and career
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