Howard Martin Temin Scientist

Howard Martin Temin (December 10, 1934 – February 9, 1994) was a U.S. geneticist. Along with Renato Dulbecco and David Baltimore he discovered reverse transcriptase in the 1970s at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, for which he shared the 1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Personal facts

Birth dateDecember 10, 1934
Birth place
Philadelphia
Nationality
United States
Date of deathFebruary 09, 1994
Education
California Institute of Technology
Swarthmore College
Known for
Reverse transcriptase

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Scientist

awards
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Field of study
Genetics

Howard Martin Temin on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://nobelprize.org/medicine/laureates/1975/temin-autobio.html
  2. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=rv.ded.4