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Jeremy Nathans
Born (1958-07-31) July 31, 1958 (age 65)
Alma mater MIT (B.S.), Stanford University (Ph.D.)
Awards Newcomb Cleveland Prize (1986)
Golden Brain Award (1989)
Benjamin Franklin Medal (Franklin Institute) (2020)
Nemmers Prize in Medical Science (2022)
Scientific career
Fields genetics, molecular biology, neuroscience
Institutions Johns Hopkins University
Doctoral advisor David Hogness

Jeremy Nathans (born July 31, 1958) is a professor of molecular biology and genetics at Johns Hopkins University. He is also a member of the National Academy of Sciences and an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

He is known for first isolating and characterizing the opsin genes contributing to human color vision. [1] In 2020 he was awarded the Benjamin Franklin Medal (Franklin Institute) in Life Science. [2] In 2022 he was awarded the Nemmers Prize in Medical Science. [3]

References

  1. ^ Nathans J, Thomas D, Hogness DS (April 1986). "Molecular genetics of human color vision: the genes encoding blue, green, and red pigments". Science. 232 (4747): 193–202. Bibcode: 1986Sci...232..193N. doi: 10.1126/science.2937147. PMID  2937147. S2CID  34321827.
  2. ^ Benjamin Franklin Medal 2020
  3. ^ Nemmers Prize in Medical Science 2022

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