Thomas Cech

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Gender	Male
Age	77
Date of birth	December 8,1947
Zodiac sign	Sagittarius
Known for	Ribozyme
Notable students	Jennifer Doudna
	Daniel Herschlag
	Scott K. Silverman
	Scott Strobel
	Brenda L. Bass
Books	(WCS)Principles of Water Resources W/ Study Tips SET
	The Genes We Share with Yeast, Flies, Worms, and Mice: New Clues to Human Health and Disease
Job	Chemist
Education	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
	UC Berkeley College of Chemistry
	University of California, Berkeley
Awards	Nobel Prize in Chemistry
	Gairdner Foundation International Award
	Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
	Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
	NAS Award in Molecular Biology
	National Medal of Science for Chemistry
	Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, US & Canada
	Dr H. P. Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics
Born	Chicago
	Illinois
	United States
Affiliations	University Of Colorado
	Boulder
Interests	Biochemistry
	Molecular Biology
	Chemistry
	Education
Notable student	Jennifer Doudna
	Scott Strobel
	Daniel Herschlag
	Brenda L. Bass
	Scott K. Silverman
Academic advisor	John E. Hearst
Nationality	American
Thesi	DNA
H index	143
Date of Reg.	2019-03-09 12:27:33
Date of Upd.	2023-08-05 20:35:52
ID	555640

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Thomas Cech Life story

Thomas Robert Cech is an American chemist who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Sidney Altman, for their discovery of the catalytic properties of RNA.