Werner Arber

Werner Arber
Arber in 2018
Born (1929-06-03) 3 June 1929 (age 95)
Gränichen, Switzerland
Alma materOld Cantonal School Aarau
ETH Zurich
Known forrestriction endonucleases
ChildrenSilvia Arber
Awards1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Scientific career
FieldsMicrobiology
InstitutionsUniversity of Geneva, University of Basel, University of Southern California

Werner Arber (born 3 June 1929 in Gränichen, Aargau)[1] 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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