Biochemist
Oliver Smithies
English American biochemist and Nobel laureate.
Oliver Smithies was a British-American geneticist and physical biochemist. He is known for introducing starch as a medium for gel electrophoresis in 1955, and for the discovery, simultaneously with Mario Capecchi and Martin Evans, of the technique of homologous recombination of transgenic DNA with genomic DNA, a much more reliable method of altering animal genomes than previously used, and the technique behind gene targeting and knockout mice. He received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2007 for his genetics work.
- Born
- 1925-06-23, Halifax, EnglandA Tuesday
- Died
- 2017-01-10, Chapel Hill, USAA Tuesday, aged 91
- At birth
- Sun in Cancer, Moon in Cancer
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1925-06-23, Halifax, England · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Cancer | 1°26′ | Direct |
| Moon | Cancer | 25°20′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Cancer | 5°26′ | Direct |
| Venus | Cancer | 17°35′ | Direct |
| Mars | Cancer | 28°09′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Capricorn | 19°43′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 7°53′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Pisces | 25°27′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Leo | 20°32′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 12°45′ | Direct |
Death Chart
2017-01-10, Chapel Hill, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Capricorn | 20°38′ | Direct |
| Moon | Gemini | 26°25′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Sagittarius | 29°13′ | Direct |
| Venus | Pisces | 7°46′ | Direct |
| Mars | Pisces | 16°50′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Libra | 22°02′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 22°27′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aries | 20°37′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Pisces | 9°58′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 17°16′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Oliver Smithies was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.
