Sidney Altman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Sidney Altman

Canadian American molecular biologist

Date of Birth: 07-May-1939

Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Profession: physicist, chemist, biologist, university teacher, biochemist, academic, biophysicist, molecular biologist

Nationality: Canada, United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Sidney Altman (born May 7, 1939) is a Canadian and American molecular biologist, who is the Sterling Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and Chemistry at Yale University.
In 1989 he shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Thomas R.
Cech for their work on the catalytic properties of RNA.