Biography
Herbert Wayne " Herb " Boyer (born July 10, 1936) is an American biotechnologist, researcher and entrepreneur in biotechnology. Along with Stanley N. Cohen and Paul Berg , he discovered recombinant DNA , a method to coax bacteria into producing foreign proteins, which aided in jump-starting the field of genetic engineering . By 1969, he had performed studies on a couple of restriction enzymes of E. coli with especially useful properties. He is recipient of the 1990 National Medal of Science , co-recipient of the 1996 Lemelson–MIT Prize , and a co-founder of Genentech . He was professor at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and later served as vice president of Genentech from 1976 until his retirement in 1991. [ 1 ] Herbert Boyer was born in 1936 in Derry, Pennsylvania . He received his bachelor's degree in biology and chemistry from Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania , in 1958. He married his wife Grace the following year. He received his PhD at the University of Pittsburgh in 1963 and participated as an activist in the civil rights movement. [ citation needed ] Education: Saint Vincent College University of Pittsburgh
About the Lasker Award
The Lasker Awards have been awarded annually since 1946 to living persons who have made major contributions to medical science or who have performed public service on behalf of medicine. They are administered by the Lasker Foundation, founded by advertising pioneer Albert Lasker and his wife Mary Woodard Lasker (a medical research activist). The awards are sometimes referred to as "America's Nobels."
Quick Facts
- Award: Lasker Award - Basic Medical Research
- Added: 2026-02-07
- Source: Wikipedia
- Established: 1946
- Presented by: Lasker Foundation