Jack W. Szostak

Jack Szostak FRS
Szostak at the 2010 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
Born	Jack William Szostak (1952-11-09) November 9, 1952 (age 71) London, United Kingdom
Citizenship	Canada, United States
Alma mater	McGill University (BSc) Cornell University (PhD)
Awards	Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (2009) Lasker Award (2006) NAS Award in Molecular Biology (1994)
Scientific career
Fields	Biochemistry Genetics Synthetic Biology Bioengineering
Institutions	University of Chicago (2022) Harvard Medical School Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Thesis	Specific binding of a synthetic oligonucleotide to the yeast iso-1 cytochrome c̲ mRNA and gene (1977)
Doctoral advisor	Ray Wu
Notable students	David Bartel Jennifer Doudna Hiroaki Suga Neha Kamat Terry Orr-Weaver[1]
Website	molbio.mgh.harvard.edu/szostakweb

Jack William Szostak FRS (born November 9, 1952)^[2] is a Canadian American^[3] biologist of Polish British descent, Nobel Prize laureate, University Professor at the University of Chicago, former Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, and Alexander Rich Distinguished Investigator at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. Szostak has made significant contributions to the field of genetics. His achievement helped scientists to map the location of genes in mammals and to develop techniques for manipulating genes. His research findings in this area are also instrumental to the Human Genome Project. He was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, along with Elizabeth Blackburn and Carol W. Greider, for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres.