On this day in 1959: Koichi Tanaka born, won 2002 #NobelPrize for developing new method for mass spectrometric analyses of biological material #ThisDayInBi
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On this day in 1910: Heinz L Fraenkel-Conrat was born. He discovered RNA was key to genetic control of viral reproduction #ThisDayInBiotech
On this day in 1936: Herbert Boyer born, recombinant DNA pioneer & Genentech founder http://whatisbiotechnology.org/index.php/people/summary/Boyer
On this day in 2013: Hilary Koprowski died, developed 1st live polio vaccine and improved rabies vaccine #ThisDayInBiotech
On this day in 2005: Maurice Hilleman died, pioneered 8 out of 14 vaccines routinely given to children today #ThisDayinBiotechnology
On this day in 1901: Hattie Alexander born, developed 1st effective treatment against Hib & 1st to identify antibiotics resistance #WomenInBiotech #ThisDay
On this day in 1926: Paul Berg born, won 1980 #NobelPrize for pioneering recombinant DNA http://whatisbiotechnology.org/index.php/people/summary/Berg
On this day in 1935: Stanley N Cohen born , co-pioneer or recombinant DNA #ThisDayInBiotech
On this day in 1975: Technique for producing monoclonal antibodies published, paving the way to major medical breakthroughs #ThisDayInBiotech
On this day in 1974: Virginia Apgar died, introduced the Apgar Score test for assessing health of newborn babies #WomenInBiotech
On this day in 1979: Feodor Lynen died, won 1964 #NobelPrize for mechanism that controls cholesterol & fatty acid metabolism #ThisDayInBiotech
On this day in 1881: Alexander Fleming born, won 1945 #NobelPrize for discovering penicillin #ThisDayInBiotech #Antibiotics
On this day in 2003: Frederick C Robbins died, won 1954 #NobelPrize for developing method to grow polio viruses in tissure culture #ThisDayInBiotech
On this day in 1977: Edgar D Adrian died, won 1932 #NobelPrize for his discoveries relating to the nerve cell #ThisDayInBiotech
On this day in 1905: Walther Flemming died, the founder of cytogenetics and discovery of mitosis #ThisDayInBiotech
On this day in 2011: Baruj Benacerraf died, won 1980 #NobelPrize for showing how genes regulate immune responses #ThisDayInBiotech
On this day in 2005: CRISPR noted to provide immunity and degrade DNA as means to prevent infection #CRISPR #Cas9 #ThisDayInBiotech
On this day in 1996: Tadeus Reichstein died, pioneered artificial synthesis of vitamin C, won 1950 #NobelPrize for isolating adrenal cortex hormones
On this day in 1970: Otto H Warburg died, won 1913 #NobelPrize for discovereies relating to cellular respiration #ThisDayInBiotech
On this day in 1967: Richard Kuhn died, won 1938 #NobelPrize for his work on carostenoids & vitamins #ThisDayInBiotech
On this day in 1918: Paul D Boyer was born. He won the 1997 #NobelPrize for elucidating enzymatic mechanism of ATP synthesis #ThisDayInBiotech
On this day in 1859: Theobald Smith was born. He demonstrated how insects could transmit infectious diseases. #ThisDayInBiotech
On this day in 1947: Francoise Barré-Sinoussi was born. She won the 2008 #NobelPrize for identifying HIV #ThisDayInBiotech #WomenInBiotech
On this day in 1994: Dorothy C Hodgkin died. She pioneered protein and x-ray crystallography #WomenInBiotech #NobelPrize, #ThisDayInBiotech
On this day in 1962: Ronald Aylmer Fisher died. He was a founder of population genetics and modern scientific statistics #ThisDayInBiotech
On this day in 2004: Francis H C Crick died. He won the 1962 #NobelPrize for determining double-helix of DNA #ThisDayInBiotech