Daniel Nathans shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application in restriction mapping.
11 Facts About Daniel Nathans
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Daniel Nathans attended public schools and then to the University of Delaware, where he received his BS degree in chemistry in 1950.
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Daniel Nathans received his MD degree from Washington University in St Louis in 1954 and did a one-year internship at Presbyterian Medical Center with Robert Loeb.
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Daniel Nathans returned to Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center for a two-year residency in 1957, again on Robert Loeb's service.
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Daniel Nathans continued working on the problem of protein synthesis as time allowed.
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In 1962, Daniel Nathans came to Johns Hopkins School of Medicine as an assistant professor of microbiology.
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Daniel Nathans was promoted to associate professor in 1965 and to professor in 1967.
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Daniel Nathans became the director of the microbiology department in 1972 and served in that position until 1982.
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Daniel Nathans became a senior investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute unit at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1982.
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From 1995 to 1996, Daniel Nathans served as the interim president of Johns Hopkins University.
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Daniel Nathans was given six honorary doctorates over the span of his career.