Martin Evans
English developmental biologist
Sir Martin John Evans (born 1 January 1941, Stroud, Gloucestershire) is a British geneticist.[1][2]
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| Born | January 1, 1941 |
| Occupation | Geneticist |
| Known for | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2007 |
His first success was with Matthew Kaufman. In 1981 they were the first to grow embryonic mice stem cells in a laboratory.
Evans, Oliver Smithies and Mario Capecchi discovered a technique in genetic engineering. It is known as homologous recombination of transgenic DNA. This is important because it is the most reliable method of changing animal genomes.
The three put this to use in two more inventions: gene targeting and knockout mice, and were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2007.
He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 2009.[3]
References
change- ↑ "No. 57155". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2003. p. 1.
- ↑ Sir Martin J. Evans Archived 2012-10-18 at the Wayback Machine Nobelprize.org
- ↑ "Sir Martin Evans". Academia Europaea. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021.
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