Herbert Boyer
Title
Herbert Boyer
Description
Herbert Wayne "Herb" Boyer (born July 10, 1936) is a researcher and entrepreneur in biotechnology. Along with Stanley N. Cohen and Paul Berg he discovered a method to coax bacteria into producing foreign proteins, thereby jump starting the field of genetic engineering. By 1969, he performed studies on a couple of restriction enzymes of the E.coli bacterium with especially useful properties. He is recipient of the 1990 National Medal of Science, co-recipient of the 1996 LemelsonMIT Prize, and a co-founder of Genentech. He was professor at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and later served as Vice President of Genentech from 1976 until his retirement in 1991
Creator
Douglas A. Lockard
Date
June 9 2005
Source
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Herbert_Boyer_HD2005_Winthrop_Sears_Medal.JPG/685px-Herbert_Boyer_HD2005_Winthrop_Sears_Medal.JPG
Relation
Rights
Science History Institute
Publisher
Science History Institute
Contributor
Douglas A. Lockard
Format
Photograph
Language
English
Type
Figures
Identifier
Herbert Boyer, Biotech, Bacteria, Genetic Engineering, Science
Coverage
United States
Files
Collection
Reference
Douglas A. Lockard, Herbert Boyer, Science History Institute, June 9 2005
Cite As
Douglas A. Lockard, “Herbert Boyer,” Virtual Museum of Public Service, accessed April 20, 2024, https://vmps.omeka.net/items/show/677.