Microbiologist
Werner Arber
Swiss microbiologist who discovered restriction enzymes.
Werner Arber is a Swiss microbiologist and geneticist. Along with American researchers Hamilton Smith and Daniel Nathans, Werner Arber shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of restriction endonucleases. Their work would lead to the development of recombinant DNA technology.
- Born
- 1929-06-03, Gränichen, SwitzerlandA Monday
- At birth
- Sun in Gemini, Moon in Aries
- Nationality
- Switzerland
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1929-06-03, Gränichen, Switzerland · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Zurichthe zone used then
Europe/ZurichThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini | 12°21′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aries | 16°17′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Gemini | 21°08′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Taurus | 0°01′ | Direct |
| Mars | Leo | 11°53′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Taurus | 27°54′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 28°20′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Aries | 10°37′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Leo | 28°45′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 16°59′ | Direct |
Werner Arber 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 Werner Arber 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.