Nobel Prize® medal - registered trademark of the Nobel Foundation

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1989

"for their discovery of catalytic properties of RNA"
Sidney Altman Thomas R. Cech
Sidney Altman Thomas R. Cech
half 1/2 of the prize half 1/2 of the prize
Canada and USA USA
Yale University
New Haven, CT, USA		 University of Colorado
Boulder, CO, USA
b. 1939 b. 1947
 
Titles, data and places given above refer to the time of the award.
Photos: Copyright © The Nobel Foundation

The 1989 Prize in:

See Also

Article
Sidney Altman's article 'The RNA World' Go
All Chemistry Nobel Laureates All Chemistry Nobel Laureates
Who are the awarded women? Who are the awarded women?
Try the Nobel Quiz Try the Nobel Prize Quiz!
News from Nobelprize.org Sign up for News from Nobelprize.org