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Smithies, Oliver

LC control no.n 79147784
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Personal name headingSmithies, Oliver
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Birth date1925-06-23
Death date2017-01-10
Place of birthHalifax (England)
Place of deathChapel Hill (N.C.)
Field of activityBiochemistry Gene targeting
AffiliationUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Wisconsin--Madison
University of Wisconsin
University of Toronto
Profession or occupationNobel Prize winners
Biochemists College teachers
Found inHis The puzzle of diversity [SR] 1969: label (Dr. Oliver Smithies) narration (prof. of genetics, Univ. of Wis.)
New York times WWW site, viewed Jan. 12, 2017 (in obituary published Jan. 11: Oliver Smithies; b. June 23, 1925, Halifax, England; d. Tuesday [Jan. 10, 2017], Chapel Hill, N.C., aged 91; biochemist and inveterate tinkerer who shared a Nobel Prize for discovering a powerful tool for identifying the roles of individual genes in health and disease)
Associated languageeng