Mario Capecchi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Mario Capecchi

molecular geneticist and Nobel laureate

Date of Birth: 06-Oct-1937

Place of Birth: Verona, Veneto, Italy

Profession: inventor, biologist, university teacher, geneticist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Mario Ramberg Capecchi (6 October 1937) is an Italian-born molecular geneticist and a co-winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering a method to create mice in which a specific gene is turned off, known as knockout mice.
He shared the prize with Martin Evans and Oliver Smithies.
He is currently Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics and Biology at the University of Utah School of Medicine.