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Thomas Robert „Tom“ Cech ist ein US-amerikanischer Chemiker. Er erhielt 1989 zusammen mit Sidney Altman den Nobelpreis für Chemie für seine Arbeiten über selbst-spleißende RNA und stellte fest, dass die RNA nicht nur Anweisungen übertragen, sondern auch die notwendigen Reaktionen beschleunigen kann.
Thomas R. Cech. Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry • Director, Interdisciplinary Quantitative Biology PhD Program • Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute • Member, Department of Biochemistry and BioFrontiers Institute. thomas.cech@colorado.edu.
Thomas Robert Cech (born December 8, 1947) 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 have started as RNA.
- John E. Hearst
- December 8, 1947 (age 75), Chicago, Illinois, US
Thomas R. Cech. Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado Boulder. Verified email at colorado.edu - Homepage. Biochemistry Molecular Biology Chemistry Education.
Thomas Cech is a distinguished professor of biochemistry at the University of Colorado Boulder and a Nobel Prize winner for his discovery of self-splicing RNA. His research focuses on the mechanisms of functional RNPs, such as telomerase and lncRNPs, and their roles in cell biology and disease.
Thomas Robert Cech (born Dec. 8, 1947, Chicago, Ill., U.S.) is an American biochemist and molecular biologist who, with Sidney Altman, was awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for their discoveries concerning RNA (ribonucleic acid).
The Cech Lab studies the structure and function of RNA and DNA molecules and their interactions with proteins. Learn about the lab's research, publications, members, protocols, events and philosophy.
