J. B. Duke professor of biochemistry; Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator
Active years
1976 - Present
Degrees
BS MIT, PhD StanfordDiscoverer of DNR repair mechanisms, including mismatch repair (MMR) that is key to DNA fidelity and important to understanding many cancers. Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator; Winner of 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Paul Modrich
Paul Modrich was at his cabin in New Hampshire the day he won the Nobel Prize.
Modrich and his wife and collaborator, biochemist Vickers Burdett (left) at a Nobel reception in their honor in the Washington Duke Inn.
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