Biologist
Sydney Brenner
South African biologist who chose the nematode worm as a model organism and helped crack the genetic code.
Sydney Brenner was a South African biologist. In 2002, he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with H. Robert Horvitz and Sir John E. Sulston. Brenner made significant contributions to work on the genetic code, and other areas of molecular biology while working in the Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England. He established the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans as a model organism for the investigation of developmental biology, and founded the Molecular Sciences Institute in Berkeley, California, United States.
- Born
- 1927-01-13, Germiston, South AfricaA Thursday
- Died
- 2019-04-05, Singapore, British EmpireA Friday, aged 92
- At birth
- Sun in Capricorn, Moon in Taurus
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1927-01-13, Germiston, South Africa · time unknown, noon chart
Africa/Johannesburgthe zone used then
Africa/JohannesburgThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Capricorn | 22°13′ | Direct |
| Moon | Taurus | 28°01′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Capricorn | 12°49′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aquarius | 4°55′ | Direct |
| Mars | Taurus | 12°08′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aquarius | 28°53′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 4°28′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Pisces | 26°09′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Leo | 26°27′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 14°42′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
2019-04-05, Singapore, British Empire · time unknown, noon chart
Asia/Singaporethe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 15°05′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aries | 12°47′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Pisces | 18°34′ | Direct |
| Venus | Pisces | 11°15′ | Direct |
| Mars | Gemini | 3°14′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Sagittarius | 24°18′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Capricorn | 20°00′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Taurus | 1°30′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Pisces | 17°14′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 23°03′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Sydney Brenner 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.