Daniel Nathans
Daniel Nathans was born in Wilmington, Delaware, United States on October 30th, 1928 and is the Biologist. At the age of 71, Daniel Nathans biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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In 1962, Nathans came to Johns Hopkins School of Medicine as an assistant professor of microbiology. He was promoted to associate professor in 1965 and to professor in 1967. He became the director of the microbiology department in 1972 and served in that position until 1982. In 1981, the department of microbiology was renamed the department of molecular biology and genetics.
In 1982 Johns Hopkins University made Nathans a University Professor, a position in which he served until his death in 1999. He also became a senior investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute unit at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1982.
From 1995 to 1996, Nathans served as the interim president of Johns Hopkins University.
In January 1999, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine established the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, a multidisciplinary clinical and research center named for Nathans and pioneering medical geneticist Victor McKusick.
Nathans was also given six honorary doctorates over the span of his career.
- 1967: Selman Waksman Award in Microbiology
- 1976: NAS Award in Molecular Biology
- 1977: Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1978: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- 1979: Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
- 1985: Elected to the American Philosophical Society
- 1993: National Medal of Science