ANDREW Z. FIRE

2006 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine

for their discovery of RNA interference - gene silencing by double-stranded RNA

• Born: 1959
• Place of birth: Santa Clara County, CA, USA
• Nationality: US
• Residence: US
• Affiliation: Stanford School of Medicine
  • Address:
    Departments of Pathology and Genetics
    Stanford University School Of Medicine
    300 Pasteur Drive - L235
    Stanford, CA 94305-5324
    
• Tel: (650)723-2885
• Fax:(650)724-9070
• E-mail: afire@stanford.edu
• Education:
  • University of California, Berkeley, Mathematics A.B. 1978
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA, Biology, PhD 1983

• RNA Interference Technology: From Basic Science to Drug Development by Andrew Fire (Foreword), Marshall Nirenberg (Foreword), Krishnarao Appasani (Editor)
• Books on RNA Interference

• Prize co-recipient: Craig C. Mello
• PubMedline search results for this laureate
• Official award announcement and background
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• Andrew Z. Fire home page in Stanford School of Medicine
• Gairdner International Medical Science Award

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