ALTMAN, SIDNEY

ALTMAN, SIDNEY
ALTMAN, SIDNEY (1939– ), research biologist and educator. Altman, born in Montreal, Canada, received his doctorate in biophysics from the University of Colorado in 1967. He joined the department of biology at Yale University in 1971, becoming a professor in 1980 and serving as chairman of the department 1983–85. He was the dean of Yale College in 1985. In 1989 he shared the Nobel Prize in chemistry with Thomas Cech of the University of Colorado for similar discoveries they made in the 1970s and early 1980s while working independently. They found that in its role as a chemical catalyst, the RNA subunit of RNase P from bacteria can cleave some transcripts of genetic information. (Bracha Rager (2nd ed.)

Encyclopedia Judaica. 1971.

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  • Altman, Sidney — (n. 7 may. 1939, Montreal, Quebec, Canadá). Biólogo molecular estadounidense de origen canadiense. Estudió en el MIT y en la Universidad de Colorado, y enseña en la Universidad de Yale desde 1971. Trabajando por separado, Altman y Thomas Cech… …   Enciclopedia Universal

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  • Sidney Altman — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Altman. Sidney Altman (1939 à Montréal ) est un biochimiste américain d origine canadienne. Il est colauréat avec Thomas Robert Cech du prix Nobel de chimie de 1989 pour « la découverte des propriétés… …   Wikipédia en Français

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  • Altman — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Benjamin Altman (1840–1913), US amerikanischer Kaufmann und Kunstsammler Dennis Altman (* 1943), australischer Politikwissenschaftler Ernst Altman (* 19. Jahrhundert; † 1916), deutscher Schachkomponist… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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