Michael Smith (chemist)
Canadian Nobel laureate in chemistry / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Michael Smith CC, OBC, FRS (April 26, 1932 – October 4, 2000) was a British-born Canadian biochemist. He was the winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (shared with Kary Mullis) for his work in developing site-directed mutagenesis.[1]
Michael Smith | |
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Born | (1932-04-26)26 April 1932 |
Died | 4 October 2000(2000-10-04) (aged 68) |
Nationality | Canada |
Alma mater | University of Manchester |
Known for | Mutagenesis |
Awards | Flavelle Medal (1992) Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1993) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemistry |
Institutions | University of British Columbia |
After graduation with a PhD in 1956 from the University of Manchester, he studied with Dr. Har Gobind Khorana (himself a Nobel Prize winner) at the British Columbia Research Council in Vancouver, Canada.
Smith received many awards in addition to the Nobel Prize, and was known for his generosity. He gave half of the Nobel Prize money to researchers working on the genetics of schizophrenia. The other half he gave to BC Science World in Vancouver and to the Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology. He received the Royal Bank Award in 1999, and donated the grant to the BC Cancer Foundation.[2][3]