Marvin H. Caruthers
Marvin H. Caruthers | |
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Born | Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. | February 11, 1940
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Iowa State University, Northwestern University |
Known for | DNA Synthesis |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biochemistry |
Institutions | University of Colorado Boulder |
Thesis | The Synthesis of Oligothymidylate Derivatives on Insoluble Polymer Supports (1968) |
Doctoral advisor | Robert L. Letsinger |
Other academic advisors | Har Gobind Khorana, George Rathmann |
Marvin H. Caruthers (born February 11, 1940) is an American biochemist who is a distinguished professor at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Caruthers earned a
His research is on nucleic acids. He and his research group developed methods for the phosphoramidite synthesis of DNA.[1] Using this technique, his group was able to incorporate nucleotide analogs for functional group mutagenesis for a deeper understanding of nucleic acid biochemistry.[2][3] In addition to DNA, he developed methods of RNA synthesis and also for DNA analogues and the applications of the resulting molecules. He was a co-founder of Amgen and Applied Biosystems with Leroy Hood.[4][5]
In 1994 Caruthers was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences[6] and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1994.[7] He received the National Medal of Science (2006), the NAS Award for Chemistry in Service to Society (2005) and the NAS Award in Chemical Sciences (2014). In 1980 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.[8]
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