Walter Gilbert

@Biochemists, Birthday and Childhood ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Walter Gilbert is an American biochemist and physicist who won a share of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1980 Boston Massachusetts American Harvard University Trinity College, Cambridge Scientists Physicists Biophysicists Molecular Biologists Biochemists Aries Celebrities Walter Gilbert is an American biochemist and physicist who won a share of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1980. He is also an internationally acclaimed pioneer in molecular biology. The son of a prominent economist and a psychologist, he grew up in an intellectually stimulating environment and developed a voracious appetite for reading. He loved science from an early age and as a young boy became a member of a minerological society and an astronomical society. While studying in high school he became drawn to inorganic chemistry and nuclear physics. A brilliant student, he was easily accepted into the Harvard University and graduated with a degree in physics. Then he proceeded to the Cambridge University for his doctorate and earned his Ph.D. in Physics under the supervision of the Nobel laureate Abdus Salam. He returned to Harvard to begin his academic career and joined the faculty as a lecturer in physics. Over the years he would serve as assistant professor of physics, associate professor of biophysics, and professor of biochemistry before becoming the American Cancer Society Professor of Molecular Biology. In addition to his academic career, he is also a co-founder of the biotech start-up companies Biogen and Myriad Genetics. A multi-faceted personality, he launched an artistic career centered on digital photography post his retirement.

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Birthday: March 21, 1932 Nationality: American Famous: Harvard University, Trinity College, Cambridge, Scientists, Physicists, Biophysicists, Molecular Biologists, Biochemists City/State: Boston, Massachusetts Spouses: Celia Stone Universities: Harvard University,Trinity College, Cambridge Notable Alumnis: Harvard University Trinity College Cambridge Information Detail Birthday March 21, 1932 Nationality American Famous Harvard University, Trinity College, Cambridge, Scientists, Physicists, Biophysicists, Molecular Biologists, Biochemists City/State Boston, Massachusetts Spouses Celia Stone Universities Harvard University,Trinity College, Cambridge Notable Alumnis Harvard University Trinity College Cambridge Birth Place Boston, Massachusetts, United States Gender Male Father Richard V. Gilbert Mother Emma (Cohen) Sun Sign Aries Born in Boston, Massachusetts, United States Famous as Biochemist, Physicist, Molecular Biologist

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He has been married to Celia Stone since 1953 and has two children. Unsplash Personal Life

Walter Gilbert was born on March 21, 1932, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. His father, Richard V. Gilbert, was an economist who later worked for the Office of Price Administration during the Second World War. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

As a young boy he became a member of a minerological society and an astronomical society and it was while studying at the Sidwell Friends high school that he became interested in inorganic chemistry and nuclear physics. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He proceeded to the Harvard University for undergraduate and graduate studies and earned his bachelor’s degree in chemistry and physics in 1953 and a master’s degree in physics in 1954. He joined the University of Cambridge for his doctorate and completed his Ph.D. in Physics, supervised by the Nobel laureate Abdus Salam, in 1957 . Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Walter Gilbert returned to Harvard and joined the faculty as a lecturer in physics in 1958 and was promoted to assistant professor of physics in 1959. Over the ensuing years he taught a wide range of courses in theoretical physics and worked with graduate students on problems in theory. Unsplash Career

During this period Gilbert’s wife began working for James Watson, a prominent molecular biologist, and Gilbert himself became interested in molecular biology. He too began working alongside Watson and the two men ran their laboratory jointly for several years. Unsplash Career

In 1964 Gilbert became associate professor of biophysics and promoted again in 1968 to professor of biochemistry. In 1974, he became American Cancer Society Professor of Molecular Biology at Harvard. Unsplash Career

During the late 1960s he successfully demonstrated the existence of a repressor in the bacterium Escherichia coli that prevents a gene from manufacturing a certain enzyme except when lactose is present. Unsplash Career

He performed vital research on RNA and DNA to develop a technique of using gel electrophoresis to read the nucleotide sequences of DNA segments. In collaboration with Allan Maxam, Gilbert also developed a new DNA sequencing method. Unsplash Career

Walter Gilbert played a major role in the determination of base sequences in nucleic acids. Working along with Allan Maxam, Gilbert developed a new DNA sequencing method using chemical methods developed by Andrei Mirzabekov. He also developed a technique of using gel electrophoresis to read the nucleotide sequences of DNA segments. Unsplash Major Works

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Birthday	March 21, 1932
Nationality	American
Famous	Harvard University, Trinity College, Cambridge, Scientists, Physicists, Biophysicists, Molecular Biologists, Biochemists
City/State	Boston, Massachusetts
Spouses	Celia Stone
Universities	Harvard University,Trinity College, Cambridge
Notable Alumnis	Harvard University Trinity College Cambridge
Birth Place	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Gender	Male
Father	Richard V. Gilbert
Mother	Emma (Cohen)
Sun Sign	Aries
Born in	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Famous as	Biochemist, Physicist, Molecular Biologist

Walter Gilbert

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Mar 21, 1932

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States