Who is werner arber

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Some of his favourite subjects at school were science and religious education and at one point he considered becoming a teacher. In he began studying for a diploma in natural sciences at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. While there he soon became involved in experiments to isolate and characterise the radioactive isotope of chlorine.

After completing his diploma Arber was engaged as an assistant to Eduard Kellenberger based in the Biophysics Laboratory at the University of Geneva in Hired to assist in Kellenberg's electron microscopic investigation of bacterial viruses bacteriophages , the position allowed Arber to pursue doctoral research. This was focused on the physiology and genetics of bacteriophages. His interest in the field was sparked in part by a visit to the laboratory by Jean Weigle and the work of Larry Morse and Esther and Joshua Lederberg who were working on gene transfer from one strain of the lambda bacteriophage to another.

In Werner was awarded a doctorate. His thesis centred on the deficiencies of a mutant strain of bacteriophage lambda.

Between and Arber worked as a research associate in the laboratory of Joe Bertani at the University of Southern California investigating the genetics of P1, a bacteriophage of Escherichia coli. During this time he became fascinated by research being carried out to understand how bacteria restricted and modified DNA to prevent their destruction by virus parasites. The research aimed to understand the nature of radiation damage to genetic material and its repair mechanism.

In Arber was appointed professor of molecular genetics at Geneva University. Seven years later, in , he moved to the department of the University of Basel. This followed a sabbatical year as a visiting professor in the Department of Molecular Biology at the University of California in Berkeley.

Arber and his doctoral student Daisy Dussoix were the first to outline the mechanism that bacteria use to protect themselves against invading viruses. They proposed that recipient bacteria produce two types of enzymes in defence. The first one cuts up the DNA of the virus to restrict its growth. Arber married his wife, Antonia, in and they have two daughters.

Skip to content. Toggle navigation Mediatheque. Path: Mediatheque Laureates Werner Arber. Mediatheque Laureates. Daniel Nathans and Hamilton Smith Motivation "for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of molecular genetics" Further Information on the Official Web Site of the Nobel Prize. Cite Copy Citation.

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