Mario Capecchi
Mario Ramberg Capecchi (born 6 October 1937) is an Italian-born molecular geneticist and a co-awardee of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering a method to create mice in which a specific gene is turned off, known as knockout mice. He shared the prize with Martin Evans and Oliver Smithies. He is currently Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics and Biology at the University of Utah School of Medicine.
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Capecchi at a conference in 2013 | |
| Born | Mario Ramberg Capecchi October 6, 1937 Verona, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian, American |
| Alma mater | Antioch College Harvard University |
| Known for | Hox genes in knockout mice |
| Awards | Kyoto Prize (1996) Franklin Medal (1997) Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (2001) Massry Prize (2002) Wolf Prize in Medicine (2002) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2007) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Genetics |
| Institutions | Harvard Medical School University of Utah |
| Thesis | On the Mechanism of Suppression and Polypeptide Chain Initiation (1967) |
| Doctoral advisor | James D. Watson |
| Website | capecchi |
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