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Michael Smith (chemist)

Michael Smith (April 26, 1932 – October 4, 2000) was a British-Canadian biochemist and businessman. He shared the 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Kary Mullis for his work in developing site-directed mutagenesis. Following a PhD in 1956 from the University of Manchester, he undertook postdoctoral research with Har Gobind Khorana (himself a Nobel Prize…

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Known for
Site-directed mutagenesis
Alma mater
University of Manchester (BSc, PhD)
Born
(1932-04-26)26 April 1932 Blackpool, England
Died
4 October 2000(2000-10-04) (aged 68) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Fields
Chemistry
Thesis
Studies in the stereochemistry of diols and their derivatives (1956)

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Michael Smith (chemist) → University of British Columbia, University of Wisconsin–Madison
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Michael Smith (chemist) → University of Manchester (BSc, PhD)
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Michael Smith (chemist) → (1932-04-26)26 April 1932 Blackpool, England
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Michael Smith (chemist) → 4 October 2000(2000-10-04) (aged 68) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Michael Smith (chemist) → Chemistry
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Michael Smith (chemist) → Site-directed mutagenesis
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Michael Smith (chemist) → Studies in the stereochemistry of diols and their derivatives (1956)

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Michael Smith (chemist)WorkplacesUniversity of British Columbia1.00infobox
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