Walter Gilbert
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For other people named Walter Gilbert, see Walter Gilbert (disambiguation).
Walter Gilbert (born March 21, 1932) is an American biochemist, physicist, molecular biology pioneer, and Nobel laureate.[1][4][5]
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Born | (1932-03-21) March 21, 1932 (age 92) Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
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Known for | DNA sequencing |
Spouse |
Celia Stone (m. 1953) |
Children | 2[1] |
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Institutions | Harvard University |
Thesis | On generalised dispersion relations and meson-nucleon scattering (1958) |
Doctoral advisor | Abdus Salam |
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Website | www |
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