OLIVER SMITHIES

2007 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine

for their discoveries of principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells

• Born: July 23, 1925
• Place of birth: Halifax, West Yorkshire England
• Nationality: US
• Residence: US
• Affiliation: University of North Carolina
  • Address:
    Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    CB #7525, Room 701 Brinkhous-Bullitt Building
    Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7525
• Tel: (919)966-6913
• Fax: (919) 966-8800
• E-mail: oliver.smithies@pathology.unc.edu
• Education:
  • Oxford University, UK. Ph.D. Biochemistry 1951

• The Harvey Lectures, Series 95, 1999-2000 byby Neal G. Copeland, Jeffrey M. Friedman, Nancy A. Jenkins, Stanley J. Korsmeyer, Michael Levine, Barbara J. Meyer, Oliver Smithies, Inder M. Verma
• Books on Embryonic Stem Cells
• Books on Knockout Mice

• Prize co-recipient: Mario R. Capecchi
• Prize co-recipient: Sir Martin J. Evans
• PubMedline search results for this laureate
• Official award announcement and background
• Advanced Information
• Wikipedia Entry
• Smithies Laboratory Page at UNC
• Oliver Smithies Homepage at UNC

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• Oliver Smithies, DPhil - Selected Publications (submitted by Olexy Krotoff)

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