The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1978
Awarded on: 1978-10-12
"for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of molecular genetics"
Affiliations:
- Biozentrum der Universität – Basel, Switzerland
Werner Arber
Born: 1929-06-03 in Gränichen, Switzerland
Gender: male
Field: Swiss microbiologist and geneticist (born 1929)
Biography
Werner Arber 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.