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Encyclopedia > Sid Altman

Sid Altman (born May 7, 1939 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian biophysicist who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Thomas R. Cech for their work on discovering the catalytic properties of RNA.


He earned a bachelor's degree in physics from MIT in 1960, spent 18 months at Columbia University, and then earned a Ph.D. in biophysics from the University of Colorado in 1967.


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Sid Altman - Scientist (240 words)
Sid Altman learned the value of work from his parents who, as new Canadians, both had to work to make ends meet.
Altman wanted to go to McGill University after high school, however, after writing the American SAT test, he was accepted at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, one of America's highest regarded universities.
Sid Altman was presented with a Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1989 along with his associate, Thomas Cech, for work dealing with RNA as a biocatalyst which helps determine DNA heredity.
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