Tomas Lindahl

Tomas Lindahl
FRS FMedSci
Lindahl in 2015
Born
Tomas Robert Lindahl

(1938-01-28) 28 January 1938 (age 86)[6]
Stockholm, Sweden
NationalitySwedish, naturalised British
(dual nationality)
Alma mater
Known forClarification of cellular resistance to carcinogens
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
ThesisOn the structure and stability of nucleic acids in solution (1967)
Websitecrick.ac.uk/research/a-z-researchers/emeritus-scientists/tomas-lindahl/

Tomas Robert Lindahl (born 28 January 1938) is a Swedish-British scientist specialising in cancer research.[7] In 2015, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry[8] jointly with American chemist Paul L. Modrich and Turkish chemist Aziz Sancar for mechanistic studies of DNA repair.[9][10][11]

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  5. ^ Lindahl, Tomas (2013). "My Journey to DNA Repair". Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics. 11 (1): 2–7. doi:10.1016/j.gpb.2012.12.001. ISSN 1672-0229. PMC 4357663. PMID 23453014.
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  8. ^ Tomas Lindahl – Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015 on Vimeo
  9. ^ Broad, William J. (7 October 2015). "Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar for DNA Studies". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  10. ^ Staff (7 October 2015). "THE NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY 2015 – DNA repair – providing chemical stability for life" (PDF). Nobel Prize. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  11. ^ Cressey, Daniel (2015). "DNA repair sleuths win chemistry Nobel: Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar share 2015 prize". Nature. 526 (7573): 307–8. doi:10.1038/nature.2015.18515. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 26469021.