Background
NIRENBERG, Marshall was born on April 10, 1927. Son of Harry Edward and Minerva (Bykowsky) Nirenberg.
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NIRENBERG, Marshall was born on April 10, 1927. Son of Harry Edward and Minerva (Bykowsky) Nirenberg.
University of Florida and University of Michigan.
Fellow, American Cancer Society, National Instituts of Health (North.l.H.) 1957-1959, United States Public Health Service, North.l.H. 1959-1960. President Johnson 1965, Nobel.
Marshall Warren Nirenberg is best known for deciphering the portion of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) that is responsible for the synthesis of the numerous protein molecules which form the basis of living cells. Nirenberg's research led to unraveling the DNA genetic code and to a better understanding of genetically determined diseases and, more controversially, to further research into the controlling of hereditary traits, or genetic engineering. For his contribution to the sciences of genetics and cell biochemistry, Nirenberg was awarded the 1968 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine with Robert W. Holley and Har Gobind Khorana.
Other honors bestowed upon Nirenberg, in addition to the Nobel Prize, include the Molecular Biology Award from the National Academy of Sciences (1962), National Medal of Science presented by President Lyndon B. Johnson (1965), and the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize for Biochemistry (1968).
Staff, North.l.H. since 1960, research bio chemist 1961-1962. New York Academy, of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, North.A.S., Pontifical Academy, of Sciences 1974, Deutsche Leopoldina Akademie der Naturforscher. Harvey Society.
Married Perola Zaltzman in 1961.
