Thomas B. Kornberg
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| Thomas Kornberg | |
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| Born | 1948 St Louis, Missouri, USA |
| Fields | Biochemistry Biophysics |
| Institutions | University of California, Los Angeles[1] (1976-1977) University of California San Francisco[1] (1986-present) |
| Alma mater | Columbia College[1] (B.A., 1970, Biology) Columbia University[1] (Ph.D, 1973, Biochemistry) |
| Notable awards | American Cancer Society Career Development Award (1978) |
Thomas Bill Kornberg is an American biochemist who was the first person to purify and characterise DNA polymerase II and DNA polymerase III.[2][3] He is currently a professor of biochemistry and biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco, and is working on Drosophila melanogaster development.
Kornberg's father is Arthur Kornberg (1918–2007), winner of the 1959 Nobel Prize in Medicine, and his older brother is Roger D. Kornberg (born 1947), winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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External links
- Kornberg lab at UCSF
- Thomas Kornberg and Emanuel Ax: Beethoven’s Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, 1st movement
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