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Jack Szostak

Jack Szostak

Harvard University & Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Nobel Prize

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Early in his research career, Dr. Szostak made important contributions to the field of genetics. These included construction of the first yeast artificial chromosome and furthering our understanding of the function of telomeres, work for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2009. By the 1990s, however, Szostak had redirected his research to understanding how life on earth may have first emerged. He began his studies in this area by attempting to construct an RNA molecule that could self-replicate. His lab now focuses on developing a simple artificial cell that can grow and evolve in response to a changing environment.

Szostak received his B.S. in biology from McGill University and his PhD in biochemistry from Cornell University. Currently, he is a Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and an Investigator at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Talks with this Speaker

The Origin of Life on Earth

What is the origin of life on Earth? Jack Szostak describes the chemistry that may have allowed life to first evolve. (Talk recorded in July 2011)

  • Part 1: The Origin of Cellular Life on Earth
    Part 1: The Origin of Cellular Life on Earth
    Audience:
    • Student
    • Researcher
    • Educators of H. School / Intro Undergrad
    • Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
    Duration: 54:40
  • Part 2: Protocell Membranes
    Part 2: Protocell Membranes
    Audience:
    • Researcher
    • Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
    Duration: 40:42
  • Part 3: Non-Enzymatic Copying of Nucleic Acid Templates
    Part 3: Non-Enzymatic Copying of Nucleic Acid Templates
    Audience:
    • Researcher
    • Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
    Duration: 53:51

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences under Grant No. 2122350 and 1 R25 GM139147. Any opinion, finding, conclusion, or recommendation expressed in these videos are solely those of the speakers and do not necessarily represent the views of the Science Communication Lab/iBiology, the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, or other Science Communication Lab funders.

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