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Birth Name:

Jack W. Szostak

Male

Birth Date:

Sun, Nov 09, 1952

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

London, England, United Kingdom

Age:

72

Zodiac Sign:

Scorpio

Astrology Data:

Sun

17°

Sco

2'

About Jack W. Szostak

Jack William Szostak FRS (born November 9, 1952) is a Canadian American biologist of Polish British descent, Nobel Prize laureate, Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, and Alexander Rich Distinguished Investigator at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. Szostak has made significant contributions to the field of genetics. His achievement helped scientists to map the location of genes in mammals and to develop techniques for manipulating genes. His research findings in this area are also instrumental to the Human Genome Project. He was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, along with Elizabeth Blackburn and Carol W. Greider, for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• "About Jack W. Szostak". The Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Retrieved 2007-11-02.

• "Jack W. Szostak at Harvard University". Harvard University. Retrieved 2007-11-02.

• "Curriculum Vitae of Jack W. Szostak" (PDF). Massachusetts General Hospital. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 28, 2008. Retrieved 2007-11-02.

• Jack W. Szostak on Nobelprize.org including the Nobel Lecture on 7 December 2009 DNA Ends: Just the Beginning

• Nobel Prize information - Press release

• Szostak Lab website

• Jack Szostak's Lecture: "The Origin of Life on Earth"

• Last interview of Dr. Jack Szostak

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Jack W. Szostak: Sun 17 Scorpio, Moon 15 Leo, Mercury 9 Sagittarius, Venus 22 Sagittarius, Mars 20 Capricorn, Jupiter 15 Taurus, Saturn 21 Libra, Uranus 18 Cancer, Neptune 22 Libra, Pluto 23 Leo, Sun Trine Uranus, Sun Opposition Jupiter, Sun Sextile Mars, Mercury Semi Square Neptune, Venus Semi Sextile Mars, Venus Sextile Saturn, Venus Sextile Neptune, Venus Trine Pluto, Mars Trine Jupiter, Mars Square Saturn, Mars Opposition Uranus, Mars Square Neptune, Mars Quincunx Pluto, Jupiter Sextile Uranus, Saturn Square Uranus, Saturn Conjunct Neptune, Saturn Sextile Pluto, Uranus Square Neptune, Neptune Sextile Pluto

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