Marshall Warren Nirenberg

[sha:820a87378bd6323d] Heinrich Matthaei was Marshall Nirenberg's first postdoctoral researcher. Their collaboration led to the now famous protein synthesis poly-U experiments and the first clue to the genetic code.

[sha:75afa6da3eb5a91f] Marshall Nirenberg, taken by the National Institutes of Health, ca. 1962

[sha:73b65aa038507474] Marshall Nirenberg, taken by the National Institutes of Health, ca. 1962

[sha:75b7afd63b7445fb] Marshall_Nirenberg_performing_experiment. Photograph of experiment likely related to protein synthesis and genetic code translation.

[sha:c6b865224388d5a2] Nirenberg celebrating Nobel Prize with champagne in beakers - Nirenberg and his colleagues celebrated upon hearing the news. For his landmark work on the genetic code, Nirenberg was awarded the 1968 N

[sha:3038bea08943b21e] One of Nirenberg's laboratory notebooks

[sha:ad8662f57fc62128] Marshall Warren Nirenberg

[sha:d115c4edbd0fb7f3] NHLBI director Dr. Elizabeth Nabel (left) with Nobel laureates Joseph L. Goldstein (center) and Marshall Nirenberg (right)