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Sir Richard John Roberts FRS [4] (born 6 September 1943) is a British biochemist and molecular biologist. He was awarded the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Phillip Allen Sharp for the discovery of introns in eukaryotic DNA and the mechanism of gene-splicing.
Biographical. I was born in 1943, the only child of John and Edna Roberts (née Allsop) in Derby, England. My father was a motor mechanic and my mother a homemaker. We moved to Bath when I was four and so I consider myself a Bathonian. My elementary education was at Christ Church infant school and St. Stephen’s junior school.
Richard J. Roberts (born Sept. 6, 1943, Derby, Eng.) is a molecular biologist, the winner, with Phillip A. Sharp, of the 1993 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his independent discovery of “split genes.”
Richard J. Roberts. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1993. Born: 6 September 1943, Derby, United Kingdom. Affiliation at the time of the award: New England Biolabs, Beverly, MA, USA. Prize motivation: “for their discoveries of split genes” Prize share: 1/2. Work.
Sir Richard Roberts, the winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (with Phillip Sharp) for his groundbreaking discovery of split genes. Inspired by a lecture given by Nathans himself in 1972, Roberts was also instrumental in isolating most of the world’s first known restriction enzymes.
Richard Roberts is a Nobel Prize-winning biochemist noted for his pioneering work on DNA sequencing and genetic engineering. His discovery of the alternative splicing of genes, in particular, has had a profound impact on the study and applications of molecular biology.
Richard J. Roberts held his Nobel Lecture on 8 December 1993, at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm. He was presented by Ralf Pettersson, Member of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine.
