Richard J. Roberts

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Richard J. Roberts
Richard J. Roberts
Born	September 6, 1943 Derby
Nationality	English
Fields	molecular biologist
Known for	introns
Notable awards	1993 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Richard John Roberts (born September 6, 1943 in Derby) is an English biochemist and molecular biologist. He was awarded the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Phillip Allen Sharp for the discovery of introns in eukaryotic DNA and the mechanism of gene-splicing.

Roberts is the son of a motor mechanic and housewife. When he was 4, the family moved to Bath. In Bath, he attended the Beechen Cliff School. As a child he at first wanted to be a detective and then, when given a chemistry set, a chemist. He failed his Physics A-level exam the first time he took it.

The Science Centre at Beechen Cliff School, Bath, a secondary school where Roberts was a pupil, has been named in his honor http://www.beechencliff.bathnes.sch.uk/background.htm ; a poster in the entrance hall details his achievements and bears a replica of his Nobel Prize medal.

In 2005, a multi-million pound expansion to the chemistry department at the University of Sheffield, where he had been a student, was named after him.

[edit] References

Shampo, Marc A; Kyle Robert A (Feb 2003). "Richard J. Roberts--Nobel Laureate for discovery of split genes". Mayo Clin. Proc. 78 (2): 132. PMID 12583523.
Bartnik, E (1994). "[Nobel prizes in physiology, medicine and chemistry in 1993]". Postepy Biochem. 40 (1): 4-5. PMID 8208634.
Blum, H E (Dec 1993). "[Nobel Prize for Medicine 1993]". Dtsch. Med. Wochenschr. 118 (50): 1860-3. PMID 8269832.
Boman, H (Dec 1993). "[The 1993 Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine--split genes]". Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen. 113 (30): 3666-7. PMID 8278945.
Carr, K (Oct 1993). "Nobel goes to discoverers of 'split genes'". Nature 365 (6447): 597. doi:10.1038/365597a0. PMID 8413620.

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