Kolkata, Jan 9: Har Gobind Khorana who helped unlock the mysteries of DNA would have celebrated his 96th birthday, had he been alive.
The famous search engine Google today honoured noted
Indian-American biochemist Dr Khorana with a doodle on his birth anniversary.
Dr Khorana conducted research at
universities in England, Switzerland, and Canada, and it was at the University of Wisconsin that he and two fellow researchers Marshall Nirenberg and Robert Holley received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1968.
Together, they discovered that the order of nucleotides in our DNA determines which amino acids are built. These amino acids form proteins, which carry out essential
cell functions.
Dr Khorana was also the first to synthesize oligonucleotides (strings of nucleotides). Today, oligonucleotides are indispensable tools in biotechnology, widely used in biology labs for sequencing, cloning and genetic engineering.
His accomplishments didn’t stop there. Fewer than five years later, Dr. Khorana made a second scientific breakthrough when he constructed the first synthetic gene. He received a host of awards during his lifetime, including the National Medal of Science.
Bangalore-based illustrator Rohan Dahotre drew today’s Doodle, which celebrates Dr. Khorana’s pioneering work in understanding our DNA.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today remembered Nobel laureate scientist Dr Khorana on his birth anniversary. “Remembering Nobel laureate scientist Har Gobind Khorana on his birth anniversary, ' Ms Banerjee posted on her social networking page.
Born on January 9, 1922 in a village called Raipur in Punjab, which is now in Pakistan, Dr. Khorana was the youngest of five children. His father instilled the importance of learning by helping his children to read and write, which wasn’t common for villagers at the time. UNI
universities in England, Switzerland, and Canada, and it was at the University of Wisconsin that he and two fellow researchers Marshall Nirenberg and Robert Holley received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1968.
Together, they discovered that the order of nucleotides in our DNA determines which amino acids are built. These amino acids form proteins, which carry out essential
cell functions.
Dr Khorana was also the first to synthesize oligonucleotides (strings of nucleotides). Today, oligonucleotides are indispensable tools in biotechnology, widely used in biology labs for sequencing, cloning and genetic engineering.
His accomplishments didn’t stop there. Fewer than five years later, Dr. Khorana made a second scientific breakthrough when he constructed the first synthetic gene. He received a host of awards during his lifetime, including the National Medal of Science.
Bangalore-based illustrator Rohan Dahotre drew today’s Doodle, which celebrates Dr. Khorana’s pioneering work in understanding our DNA.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today remembered Nobel laureate scientist Dr Khorana on his birth anniversary. “Remembering Nobel laureate scientist Har Gobind Khorana on his birth anniversary, ' Ms Banerjee posted on her social networking page.
Born on January 9, 1922 in a village called Raipur in Punjab, which is now in Pakistan, Dr. Khorana was the youngest of five children. His father instilled the importance of learning by helping his children to read and write, which wasn’t common for villagers at the time. UNI
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