The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Marshall W. Nirenberg
Title:
Chief, Section of Biochemical Genetics
Affiliation:
National Institutes of Health
National Heart Institute
Maryland USA
Gender:
Male
Year Deceased:
2010
Award Discipline:
Biological Sciences
Award Year:
1964
Citation:
"For studies of the genetic control of protein synthesis and, in particular, for deciphering the chemical code relating nucleic acid structures to protein structures."
Presented by President Johnson at a White House Ceremony in the East Room on February 8, 1965.
Nobel Laureate:
Physiology or Medicine, 1968