Jeremy Nathans
American geneticist
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| Intro | American geneticist | ||||||
| Places | United States of America | ||||||
| is | Scientist Geneticist Researcher | ||||||
| Work field | Academia Biology Science | ||||||
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| Birth | 31 July 1958, New York City, New York, USA | ||||||
| Age | 66 years | ||||||
| Star sign | Leo | ||||||
| Residence | Baltimore, Maryland, USA | ||||||
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Jeremy Nathans (born July 31, 1958) is a professor of molecular biology and genetics at Johns Hopkins University. He is also a member of the National Academy of Sciences and an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
He is known for first isolating and characterizing the opsin genes contributing to human color vision. In 2020 he was awarded the Benjamin Franklin Medal (Franklin Institute) in Life Science.