Sidney Altman
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Sidney Altman | |
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University of Colorado at Boulder, Columbia University, Arizona State University | |
Known for | Ribozymes |
Spouse |
Ann Korner
(m. 1972; div. 2018) |
Children | 2 |
Awards | |
Thesis | Bacteriophage T4 DNA replication in the absence and presence of 9-aminoacrine (1967) |
Doctoral advisor | Leonard Lerman |
Doctoral students | Benjamin C. Stark, Robin Reed |
Sidney Altman (May 7, 1939 – April 5, 2022) was a Canadian-American
Family and education
Altman was born on May 7, 1939, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[2] His parents, Ray (Arlin), a textile worker, and Victor Altman, a grocer,[3] were Jewish[4] immigrants to Canada, each coming from Eastern Europe as a young adult, in the 1920s. Altman's mother was from Białystok in Poland, and had come to Canada with her sister at the age of eighteen, learning English and working in a textile factory to earn money to bring the rest of their family to Quebec. Altman's father, born in Ukraine, had been a worker on a collective farm in the Soviet Union. He was sponsored to come to Canada as a farm worker, but later, as a husband and a father of two sons, he supported the family by running a small grocery store in Montreal.[1] Sidney Altman was later to look back on his parents' lives as an illustration of the value of the work ethic: "It was from them I learned that hard work in stable surroundings could yield rewards, even if only in infinitesimally small increments."[5]
As Altman reached adulthood, the family's financial situation had become secure enough that he was able to pursue a college education. He went to the United States to study physics at the
Altman was married to Ann M. Körner (daughter of Stephan Körner) in 1972. They are the parents of two children, Daniel and Leah.[5] Having lived primarily in the United States since departing Montreal to attend MIT in 1958, Altman became a U.S. citizen in 1984, maintaining dual citizenship as a Canadian citizen as well.[1][7]
Career
After receiving his Ph.D., Altman embarked upon the first of two research fellowships. He joined
Altman's career at Yale followed a standard academic pattern with promotion through the ranks until he became Professor in 1980. He was Chairman of his department from 1983 to 1985 and in 1985 became the Dean of Yale College for four years. On July 1, 1989, he returned to the post of Professor on a full-time basis. His doctoral students include Ben Stark.
While at Yale, Altman's Nobel Prize work came with the analysis of the catalytic properties of the
Recognition
Altman was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1988[8] and a member of both the National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society in 1990.[9][10]
Death
Altman died on April 5, 2022, in Rockleigh, New Jersey, after a long illness.[11][12]
Bibliography
- Altman, Sidney (2007). "A view of RNase P.". Mol Biosyst. 3 (9) (published September 2007): 604–7. PMID 17700860.
- Altman, S; Baer, M F; Bartkiewicz, M; Gold, H; Guerrier-Takada, C; Kirsebom, LA; Lumelsky, N; Peck, K (1989). "Catalysis by the RNA subunit of RNase P—a minireview". Gene. 82 (1) (published October 15, 1989): 63–4. PMID 2479591.
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 0-8412-2459-5. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
- ^ a b Sidney Altman. nobelprize.org
- ^ "science.ca : Sid Altman". www.science.ca. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
- ^ "Jewish Nobel Prize Winners in Chemistry". www.jinfo.org. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
- ^ a b Altman, Sidney (1989). Karl Grandin (ed.). "Sidney Altman Autobiography". Les Prix Nobel. The Nobel Foundation. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
- ^ "Sidney Altman". www.nndb.com. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
- ^ ISBN 0-85229-522-7.)
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link - ^ "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter A" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
- ^ "National Academy of Sciences member page". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
- ^ Laurans, Penny (April 6, 2022). "Sidney Altman, pathbreaking scientist". YaleNews. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
- ^ "Sidney Altman, Nobel laureate in chemistry, dies at 82". Washington Post. April 8, 2022.
External links
- Sidney Altman Nobel Lecture: Enzymatic Cleavage of RNA by RNA
- Altman S Author Profile Page on Pubget
- Sidney Altman U.C. Berkeley Conversations with History University of California at Berkeley Interview
- Sidney Altman Papers (MS 1680). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.
- Sidney Altman on Nobelprize.org