Werner Arber, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Werner Arber

Swiss microbiologist and geneticist

Date of Birth: 03-Jun-1929

Place of Birth: Gränichen, Aargau, Switzerland

Profession: physician, biologist, university teacher, geneticist

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Werner Arber (born 3 June 1929 in Gränichen, Aargau) is a Swiss microbiologist and geneticist.
Along with American researchers Hamilton Smith and Daniel Nathans, Werner Arber shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of restriction endonucleases.
Their work would lead to the development of recombinant DNA technology.