Interviewed by Biju Dharmapalan

Roger D Kornberg is a renowned American biochemist and professor who is celebrated for his pioneering work on the molecular mechanisms of transcription in eukaryotic cells. Born on 24 April 1947, he earned his PhD in chemistry from Stanford University. Kornberg’s most notable achievement is the elucidation of the process by which genetic information is transcribed from DNA to RNA, a fundamental aspect of gene expression. This groundbreaking research earned him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2006. He is the son of Arthur Kornberg, a 1959 Nobel laureate in medicine, highlighting a remarkable…read more on NOPR