Roger Kornberg
Roger Kornberg
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2006
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Name: Roger Kornberg
Birth: 24 April 1947, St. Louis, MO, USA
Institution: Stanford University School of Medicine
Award: “for his studies of the molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription.”
Portion of Cash: 1/1
“for his studies of the molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription.”
Nobel Prize Cash and Philanthropy
Roger D. Kornberg’s unshared Nobel Prize was about $1.4 million. He stated that he would use the money to pay off debts and buy a new car. The previous day he had left his car, a Volvo of 20 yrs. in the repair shop.