Google Doodle for Nobel Prize winner Har Gobind Khorana

Google has created a doodle to celebrate Har Gobind Khorana’s 96th birthday. Har Gobind Khorana was an Indian-American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Holley in 1968.They rewarded the Nobel Prize for their research on nucleotides and genes to interpret the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis.

Few facts about Har Gobind Khorana

Born: 9 January 1922
Born In: Punjab, India
Died: 9 November 2011
Died in: Massachusetts, United States
Died At Age: 89
Field: genetics, molecular biology
Religion: Hindu
Spouse/Partner: Esther Elizabeth Sibler
Children: Julia Elizabeth, Emily Anne, Dave Roy

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