Marshall Warren Nirenberg

Marshall Warren Nirenberg
Nirenberg in 2002
Born	April 10, 1927 (1927-04-10) New York City, New York
Died	January 15, 2010(2010-01-15) (aged 82) New York City, New York
Alma mater	University of Florida University of Michigan
Known for	Contribution to solving the genetic code
Spouse(s)	Perola Zaltzman-Nirenberg (1961-2001; her death) Myrna M. Weissman (m. 2005-2010; his death)
Awards	NAS Award in Molecular Biology (1962) National Medal of Science (1964) Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry (1964) Gairdner Foundation International Award (1967) Albert Lasker Award (1968) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1968) Franklin Medal (1968) Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1968) William H. Nichols Medal (1969)
Scientific career
Fields	Biochemistry
Institutions	National Institutes of Health
Doctoral advisor	James F. Hogg

Marshall Warren Nirenberg (April 10, 1927 – January 15, 2010)^[1] was an American biochemist and geneticist.^[2] He shared a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1968 with Har Gobind Khorana and Robert W. Holley for "breaking the genetic code" and describing how it operates in protein synthesis. In the same year, together with Har Gobind Khorana, he was awarded the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University.