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Michael Smith
Full Name of the recipient | Michael Smith |
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Award | Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
Year of Award | 1993 |
Share in Award | 50.0% |
Award Shared with | Kary B. Mullis (50.0%) |
Motivation for the Award | for his fundamental contributions to the establishment of oligonucleotide-based, site-directed mutagenesis and its development for protein studies |
Affiliation at the Time of Award | University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada |
Place of Birth | Blackpool, United Kingdom GBR |
Date of Birth | 26 April 1932 |
Age at the time of Award | 60 years |
Place of Death | Vancouver, Canada CAN |
Date of Death | 4 October 2000 |