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Werner Arber
Full Name of the recipient | Werner Arber |
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Award | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
Year of Award | 1978 |
Share in Award | 33.3% |
Award Shared with | Daniel Nathans (33.3%) Hamilton O. Smith (33.3%) |
Motivation for the Award | for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of molecular genetics |
Affiliation at the Time of Award | Biozentrum der Universität, Basel, Switzerland |
Place of Birth | Gränichen, Switzerland CHE |
Date of Birth | 3 June 1929 |
Age at the time of Award | 48 years |