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  • Common Name:
    Hargobind Khorana
  • Date of Birth:
    January 9, 1922
  • Place of Birth:
    Raipur, Multan, Punjab, British India
  • Sex:
    Male
  • Nationality:
    U.S.
  • Religion:
    Hindu
  • Education:
    D.A.V. Multan High School
    Finished his B.Sc. from Punjab University, Lahore in 1943 and M.Sc from Punjab University in 1945
    University of Liverpool, 1945
    After earning a PhD in 1948, he continued his postdoctoral studies at the Eidgenössische. Technische Hochschule in Zürich (1948-49)
    In 1952 he went to the University of British Columbia, Vancouver and in 1960 moved to the University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Address:
    Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Family

  • Spouse:
    Esther Elizabeth Sibler
  • Son:
    Dave Roy
  • Daughter:
    Julia Elizabeth
    Emily Anne

Career

Trivia

  • Khorana has won many awards and honors for his achievements, amongst them the Padma Vibhushan, Membership of the National Academy of Sciences, USA as well as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Dr. Khorana was the first to synthesize oligonucleotides (strings of nucleotides)



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