Mario Capecchi Scientist

Mario Ramberg Capecchi (Verona, Italy, 6 October 1937) is an Italian-born American molecular geneticist and a co-winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering a method to create mice in which a specific gene is turned off, known as knockout mice. He shared the prize with Martin Evans and Oliver Smithies. He is currently Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics and Biology at the University of Utah School of Medicine.

Personal facts

Mario Capecchi
Birth dateOctober 06, 1937
Birth place
Italy , Verona
Nationality
United States
Education
Ohio
Antioch College
Harvard University
George School
Known for
Knockout mouse

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Scientist

awards
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Wolf Prize in Medicine
doctoral advisor
James Watson
Field of study
Genetics

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External resources

  1. http://capecchi.genetics.utah.edu
  2. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2007/capecchi-lecture.html
  3. http://search.proquest.com/docview/302261581
  4. http://twit.tv/fib63
  5. http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/41/concept/index.html
  6. http://www.dnai.org/d/index.html?m=3,5
  7. http://www.genetics.utah.edu/faculty/mcapecchi.html
  8. http://www.hhmi.org/research/investigators/capecchi_bio.html
  9. http://www.ibiology.org/ibioeducation/making-discoveries/discovery-talk-the-birth-of-gene-targeting.html
  10. http://www.neuroscience.med.utah.edu/Faculty/Capecchi.html