CHEMISTRY : Thomas Cech 1989 - Boulder, CO - Nobel Laureates on Waymarking.com

This is located in the museum on the top floor. It is behind glass and was donated by the recipient who currently teaches at UC Boulder. From Wikipedia, "Thomas Robert Cech (born December 8, 1947) is an American chemist who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Sidney Altman, for their discovery of the catalytic properties of RNA. Cech discovered that RNA could itself cut strands of RNA, suggesting that life might have started as RNA.[1] He also studied telomeres, and his lab discovered an enzyme, TERT (telomerase reverse transcriptase), which is part of the process of restoring telomeres after they are shortened during cell division. As president of Howard Hughes Medical Institute, he promoted science education, and he teaches an undergraduate chemistry course at the University of Colorado."

Field of Accomplishment: Physics Year of Award: 1989 Primary Relevant Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Relevant Web Site: Not listed

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