In 1989, Sidney Altman won the Chemistry Noble Prize.
Date of Birth: 7 May 1939.
Died: April 5, 2022.
Nationality: Canadian, American.
Education: MIT, University of Colorado at Boulder, Columbia University, Arizona State University.
Known as: Ribozymes.
Awards: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1989), Lomonosov Gold Medal (2016), Rosenstiel Award (1988).
Fields: Molecular biology.
