Jeremy Nathans
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Jeremy Nathans | |
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| Born | July 31, 1958 |
| Alma mater | MIT (B.S.), Stanford University (Ph.D.) |
| Awards | Newcomb Cleveland Prize (1986) Golden Brain Award (1989) Benjamin Franklin Medal (Franklin Institute) (2020) |
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| Fields | genetics, molecular biology, neuroscience |
| Institutions | Johns Hopkins University |
| Doctoral advisor | David Hogness |
Jeremy Nathans (born July 31, 1958) is a professor of molecular biology and genetics at Johns Hopkins University. He is also a member of the National Academy of Sciences and an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
He is known for first isolating and characterizing the opsin genes contributing to human color vision.[1] In 2020 he was awarded the Benjamin Franklin Medal (Franklin Institute) in Life Science.[2]
References
- ^ Nathans J, Thomas D, Hogness DS (April 1986). "Molecular genetics of human color vision: the genes encoding blue, green, and red pigments". Science. 232 (4747): 193–202. doi:10.1126/science.2937147. PMID 2937147.
- ^ Benjamin Franklin Medal 2020
External links
Scholia has a profile for Jeremy Nathans (Q6181718).
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