Severo Ochoa

Severo Ochoa
Severo Ochoa
	Severo Ochoa in 1958
Born	Severo Ochoa de Albornoz; 24 September 1905; Luarca, Asturias, Spain
Died	1 November 1993 (aged 88); Madrid, Spain
Citizenship	Spanish (1905–1956), American (1956–1993);
Known for	Discovery of mechanisms in the biological synthesis of RNA and DNA
Spouse	Carmen Garcia Cobian
Awards	Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1957); Nobel Prize (1959); Paul Karrer Gold Medal (1963); Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1965); National Medal of Science (1979);
	Scientific career
Fields	Biochemistry, molecular biology
Institutions	New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Washington University School of Medicine

Severo Ochoa de Albornoz (Spanish: [seˈβeɾo oˈtʃoa ðe alβoɾˈnoθ]; 24 September 1905 – 1 November 1993) was a Spanish physician and biochemist, and winner of the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine together with Arthur Kornberg for their discovery of "the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)".

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