Thomas Cech
American chemist
Thomas Robert Cech is an American chemist who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Sidney Altman, for their discovery of the catalytic properties of RNA. Cech discovered that RNA could itself cut strands of RNA, suggesting that life might... Wikipedia
Place of birth: Chicago, IL
Education: University of California, Berkeley (1970–1975), Grinnell College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and more
Notable students: Jennifer Doudna, Scott Strobel, Daniel Herschlag, and more
Known for: Ribozyme, Telomerase
Affiliation: University of Colorado, Boulder
Research interests: Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Chemistry, and more