Werner Arber

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.

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Who was born first?

• Werner Arber and Paul Lauterbur were born the same year
• Werner Arber and Edith Windsor were born the same year
• Werner Arber and Eric Kandel were born the same year
• Werner Arber and Isamu Akasaki were born the same year
• Werner Arber and Murray Gell-Mann were born the same year

Timeline

1. Edith WindsorJune 20, 1929 – September 12, 2017
2. Eric KandelNovember 7, 1929 – present
3. Isamu AkasakiJanuary 30, 1929 – April 1, 2021
4. Murray Gell-MannSeptember 15, 1929 – May 24, 2019
5. Paul LauterburMay 6, 1929 – March 27, 2007
6. Werner Arber (this page)June 3, 1929 – present

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