Har Gobind Khorana

Har Gobind Khorana (born January 9, 1922) is a molecular biologist.

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January 9 - 1922 - Molecular biologist

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Khorana was born in Raipur (at that time British India, now Pakistan). He was homeschooled by his father, and then he went to D.A.V. Multan high school later in his life. In 1945, he began studies at the University of Liverpool. After earning a Ph. D., he spend a postdoc year in Zürich (1948-49). He then returned to England and worked at Cambridge until 1952. He married Esther Elizabeth Sibler the same year. After that, he worked at universities in Vancouver and Wisconsin.

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British India - Pakistan - University of Liverpool - Postdoc - Zürich - Cambridge - Vancouver - Wisconsin

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Khorana was awarded the 1968 Nobel Prize in Medicine (together with Robert W. Holley and Marshall W. Nirenberg) for describing the genetic code and how it operates in protein synthesis.

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Nobel Prize in Medicine - Robert W. Holley - Marshall W. Nirenberg - Genetic code - Protein synthesis

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