Daniel M. Nathans M.D.

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1978
Nobel co-recipients Werner Arber, Hamilton O. Smith
National Medal of Science - Biological Sciences 1993

Physician, Molecular Biologist - Genetics. Restriction enzymes and their application to molecular genetics. Groundwork for human genome project, drug insulin. Able administrator - high signal-to-noise ratio.

"Valuable internship year in medicine with masterful clinician Robert Loeb; The glimpses of human strength and frailty that a physician sees are still with me."

Hobbies

Daniel Nathan's interest was scientific research. His hobbies were reading history and fiction. He spent time with his wife Joanne and three sons - Eli is a lawyer turned historian, Ben is a Russian historian, and Jeremy is a molecular biologist and neuroscientist.