2019 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
2012 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
2009 - Nobel Prize for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase
2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2006 - Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research, Lasker Foundation
2000 - Genetics Society of America Medal
1999 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1998 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
His primary scientific interests are in Biochemistry, RNA, Genetics, Ribozyme and DNA. All of his Biochemistry and Membrane, Protocell, mRNA display, Peptide and Ribosome investigations are sub-components of the entire Biochemistry study. Jack W. Szostak combines subjects such as Directed evolution, Nucleic acid and Binding site with his study of RNA.
His Binding site study deals with Binding protein intersecting with DNA Mutational Analysis, Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid, Regulatory sequence, Base pair and Transcription. His work investigates the relationship between DNA and topics such as Computational biology that intersect with problems in Sequence space. Jack W. Szostak interconnects Stereochemistry and Enzyme in the investigation of issues within Systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment.
Jack W. Szostak mainly focuses on RNA, Biochemistry, Ribozyme, DNA and Genetics. The various areas that Jack W. Szostak examines in his RNA study include Nucleotide, Oligonucleotide and Stereochemistry. His Stereochemistry research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Ribonucleotide, Phosphodiester bond and Base pair.
His study looks at the intersection of Biochemistry and topics like Biophysics with Vesicle. His studies deal with areas such as Intron and Tetrahymena as well as Ribozyme. His research combines Computational biology and Genetics.
His primary areas of study are RNA, Nucleotide, Primer extension, Oligonucleotide and Biochemistry. His work deals with themes such as Protocell, Computational biology, Stereochemistry and Monomer, which intersect with RNA. His Nucleotide research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Molecule, Phosphate, Prebiotic and Pyrimidine.
His studies in Oligonucleotide integrate themes in fields like Ligation, Biophysics, Combinatorial chemistry, Guanosine and Ribozyme. His Ribozyme study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Non-coding RNA and DNA ligase, DNA. His Biochemistry study often links to related topics such as Copying.
His scientific interests lie mostly in RNA, Nucleotide, Biochemistry, Oligonucleotide and Primer extension. The concepts of his RNA study are interwoven with issues in Protocell, Stereochemistry, DNA and Monomer. His Nucleotide research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Molecule and Prebiotic.
His works in Purine metabolism and Purine are all subjects of inquiry into Biochemistry. His research in Oligonucleotide tackles topics such as Guanosine which are related to areas like Binding site and Orders of magnitude. The concepts of his Primer extension study are interwoven with issues in Combinatorial chemistry, Vesicle, Membrane and Biophysics.
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In vitro selection of RNA molecules that bind specific ligands.
Andrew D. Ellington;Jack W. Szostak.
Nature (1990)
The double-strand-break repair model for recombination
Jack W. Szostak;Terry L. Orr-Weaver;Rodney J. Rothstein;Franklin W. Stahl.
Cell (1983)
Yeast transformation: a model system for the study of recombination
Terry L. Orr-Weaver;Jack W. Szostak;Rodney J. Rothstein.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (1981)
RNA-peptide fusions for the in vitro selection of peptides and proteins
Richard W. Roberts;Jack W. Szostak.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (1997)
In vitro selection of functional nucleic acids.
David S. Wilson;Jack W. Szostak.
Annual Review of Biochemistry (1999)
Synthesizing life : Paths to unforeseeable science & technology
Jack W. Szostak;David P. Bartel;P. Luigi Luisi.
Nature (2001)
Isolation of new ribozymes from a large pool of random sequences [see comment]
David P. Bartel;Jack W. Szostak.
Science (1993)
A DNA aptamer that binds adenosine and ATP.
David E. Huizenga;Jack W. Szostak.
Biochemistry (1995)
A mutant with a defect in telomere elongation leads to senescence in yeast.
Victoria Lundblad;Jack W. Szostak.
Cell (1989)
Selection in vitro of single-stranded DNA molecules that fold into specific ligand-binding structures
Andrew D. Ellington;Jack W. Szostak.
Nature (1992)
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