Biochemist
Roger D. Kornberg
Photographed transcription in the act, and a Nobel Prize like his father's.
Roger David Kornberg is an American biochemist and professor of structural biology at Stanford University School of Medicine. Kornberg was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2006 for his studies of the process by which genetic information from DNA is copied to RNA, "the molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription."
- Born
- 1947-04-24, St. Louis, USAA Thursday
- At birth
- Sun in Taurus, Moon in Gemini
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1947-04-24, St. Louis, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Chicagothe zone used then
America/ChicagoThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Taurus | 3°42′ | Direct |
| Moon | Gemini | 21°22′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aries | 13°01′ | Direct |
| Venus | Pisces | 29°32′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aries | 9°54′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Scorpio | 25°04′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Leo | 2°20′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Gemini | 19°10′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Libra | 8°47′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Leo | 10°58′ | Direct |
Roger D. Kornberg is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Roger D. Kornberg 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.