H. Gobind Khorana, Ph.D.

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1968
National Medal of Sciences - Biological Sciences 1978
Co-Nobelists: Robert W. Holley, Marshall W. Nirenberg

Organic Chemist, Biochemist. 'Genetic code interpretation, function in protein synthesis. Pioneered synthesizing biologically active gene, determine codon triplets' nucleotides order. Unraveled genetic code, how nucleic acids form proteins. Pioneered genetic engineering. Multidisciplinary work.

"Wife brought sense of purpose. In foreign country, I felt out of place everywhere, at home nowhere."

Nobel Prize General Info

When the Nobel Committee announced that the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to him, he was in a lakeside cottage. He was busy writing papers. There was no radio or telephone. At the University of Wisconsin, he was the last person to know that he had been awarded the Nobel!