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Michael Smith

Canadian Nobel laureate in chemistry

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Michael Smith was a British-Canadian biochemist and businessman. He shared the 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Kary Mullis for his work in developing site-directed mutagenesis. Following a PhD in 1956 from the University of Manchester, he undertook postdoctoral research with Har Gobind Khorana at the British Columbia Research Council in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Subsequently, Smith worked at the Fisheries Research Board of Canada Laboratory in Vancouver before being appointed a professor of biochemistry in the UBC Faculty of Medicine in 1966. Smith's career included roles as the founding director of the UBC Biotechnology Laboratory and the founding scientific leader of the Protein Engineering Network of Centres of Excellence (PENCE). In 1996 he was named Peter Wall Distinguished Professor of Biotechnology. Subsequently, he became the founding director of the Genome Sequencing Centre at the BC Cancer Research Centre.

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Born
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Place of birth
Blackpool wd
Died
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Place of death
Vancouver wd
Citizenship
Canada wd
Occupation
chemist, biochemist, university teacher, geneticist, biologist wd
Education
University of Manchester, Arnold School wd

Awards wd

  • Fellow of the Royal Society
  • Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1993)
  • Companion of the Order of Canada
  • Canada Gairdner International Award (1986)
  • Flavelle Medal (1992)
  • Canadian Medical Hall of Fame (1995)
  • honorary doctorate at the Laval University (1995)

Questions

When was Michael Smith born?
Michael Smith was born on 26 April 1932 in Blackpool.
Where did Michael Smith study?
Michael Smith was educated at University of Manchester, Arnold School.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Michael Smith · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q232289 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Michael Smith cropped.jpg by File:Michael Smith party at Mary Vickers's house.1994, F-109-7-0-0-10 001.jpg : SCWIST Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology derivative work: Michał Sobkowski (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Last updated · facts checked 5 November 2026

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