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Thomas R. Cech
Full Name of the recipient | Thomas R. Cech |
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Award | Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
Year of Award | 1989 |
Share in Award | 50.0% |
Award Shared with | Sidney Altman (50.0%) |
Motivation for the Award | for their discovery of catalytic properties of RNA |
Affiliation at the Time of Award | University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA |
Place of Birth | Chicago, IL, United States USA |
Date of Birth | 8 December 1947 |
Age at the time of Award | 41 years |