Birth Name:

Michael Smith (chemist)

Male

Birth Date:

Tue, Apr 26, 1932

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Blackpool, England, United Kingdom

Age:

92

Zodiac Sign:

Taurus

Astrology Data:

Sun

5°

Tau

59'

About Michael Smith (chemist)

Michael Smith CC OBC FRS (April 26, 1932 – October 4, 2000) was a British-born Canadian biochemist and businessman. He shared the 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Kary Mullis for his work in developing site-directed mutagenesis. Following a PhD in 1956 from the University of Manchester, he undertook postdoctoral research with Har Gobind Khorana (himself a Nobel Prize winner) at the British Columbia Research Council in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Subsequently, Smith worked at the Fisheries Research Board of Canada Laboratory in Vancouver before being appointed a professor of biochemistry in the UBC Faculty of Medicine in 1966. Smith's career included roles as the founding director of the UBC Biotechnology Laboratory (1987 to 1995) and the founding scientific leader of the Protein Engineering Network of Centres of Excellence (PENCE). In 1996 he was named Peter Wall Distinguished Professor of Biotechnology. Subsequently, he became the founding director of the Genome Sequencing Centre (now called the Genome Sciences Centre) at the BC Cancer Research Centre.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• "Michael Smith (Biochemist)". The Canadian Encyclopedia.

• Michael Smith on Nobelprize.org

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Michael Smith (chemist): Sun 5 Taurus, Moon 21 Capricorn, Mercury 13 Aries, Venus 21 Gemini, Mars 17 Aries, Jupiter 13 Leo, Saturn 4 Aquarius, Uranus 20 Aries, Neptune 5 Virgo, Pluto 20 Cancer, Sun Trine Neptune, Mercury Conjunct Uranus, Sun Semi Square Venus, Sun Square Saturn, Mercury Conjunct Mars, Mercury Trine Jupiter, Venus Sextile Mars, Venus Sesquiquadrate Saturn, Venus Sextile Uranus, Venus Semi Sextile Pluto, Mars Trine Jupiter, Mars Conjunct Uranus, Mars Sesquiquadrate Neptune, Mars Square Pluto, Saturn Quincunx Neptune, Uranus Sesquiquadrate Neptune, Uranus Square Pluto, Neptune Semi Square Pluto

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