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Andrew Zachary Fire (born April 27, 1959) is an American biologist and professor of pathology and of genetics at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He was awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, along with Craig C. Mello, for the discovery of RNA interference (RNAi).
Biographical. Andrew Zachary Fire was born on April 27, 1959 at Stanford University Hospital in Santa Clara County California. Spending most of his early years (until age 16) in nearby Sunnyvale, he attended the local public schools: Hollenbeck Elementary School (1964–1970), Mango Junior High School (1970–1972), and Fremont High School (1972–1975).
Andrew Z. Fire. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2006. Born: 27 April 1959, Stanford, CA, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
The Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine for 2006, the American scientists Andrew Fire and Craig Mello, have discovered a fundamental mechanism of gene regulation. They have shown that double-stranded RNA molecules can silence a gene by elimination of the mRNA corresponding to that gene.
Andrew Z. Fire (born April 27, 1959, Stanford, Calif., U.S.) is an American scientist, who was a corecipient, with Craig C. Mello, of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 2006 for discovering a mechanism for controlling the flow of genetic information.
Dec 1, 2006 · Andrew Fire and Craig Mello have won the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology for their discovery of RNA interference. Mary K. Montgomery, then a postdoc in the Fire laboratory, participated...
Oct 2, 2006 · Andrew Z. Fire, who received his PhD from MIT in 1983 while working with Nobel laureate Phillip Sharp, has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 2006 together with Craig C. Mello for their discovery of RNA interference — gene silencing by double-stranded RNA.
