Herbert Boyer

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biochemist biotechnology entrepreneur genetic engineer human

Herbert Boyer is an American biochemist and genetic engineer renowned as a pioneer of recombinant DNA technology and a co-founder of the biotechnology company Genentech.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Herbert Boyer canonical	4
Herbert W. Boyer	3
Cohen–Boyer patents on recombinant DNA	1
Herbert Wayne Boyer	1
Paul Berg	1
co-founding Genentech	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biochemist ⓘ biotechnology entrepreneur ⓘ genetic engineer ⓘ human ⓘ
academicDegree	PhD in bacteriology and immunology ⓘ bachelor's degree in biology ⓘ
alive	true ⓘ
awardReceived	Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science ⓘ surface form: Albert Lasker Award for Special Achievement in Medical Science National Medal of Science ⓘ National Medal of Technology and Innovation ⓘ
coFounded	Genentech ⓘ
coFounderWith	Robert Swanson ⓘ surface form: Robert A. Swanson
collaboratedWith	Stanley N. Cohen ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1936-07-10 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor	Richard H. Stahlman ⓘ
educatedAt	Saint Vincent College ⓘ University of Pittsburgh ⓘ
employer	University of California, San Francisco ⓘ
familyName	Boyer ⓘ
fieldOfWork	biochemistry ⓘ biotechnology ⓘ genetic engineering ⓘ molecular biology ⓘ
givenName	Herbert ⓘ
hasPatentOn	methods for recombinant DNA cloning ⓘ
influenced	development of the modern biotechnology industry ⓘ
knownFor	Herbert Boyer self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cohen–Boyer patents on recombinant DNA co-founding Genentech ⓘ pioneering genetic engineering in bacteria ⓘ recombinant DNA technology ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
name	Herbert Boyer self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Herbert Wayne Boyer
notableStudentOrCollaborator	Stanley N. Cohen ⓘ
notableWork	development of methods to insert foreign DNA into plasmids ⓘ production of recombinant human growth hormone ⓘ production of recombinant human insulin in bacteria ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Derry, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
positionHeld	professor of biochemistry at UCSF ⓘ vice president of Genentech ⓘ
residence	California, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
usedResearchTechnique	DNA ligase ⓘ restriction enzymes ⓘ
workLocation	San Francisco, California, United States of America ⓘ surface form: San Francisco, California

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Genentech → foundedBy → Herbert Boyer ⓘ

Walter Gilbert → sharesNobelPrizeWith → Herbert Boyer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Paul Berg

Robert Swanson → knownFor → Herbert Boyer ⓘ

this entity surface form: co-founding Genentech

Herbert Boyer → name → Herbert Boyer self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Herbert Wayne Boyer

Herbert Boyer → knownFor → Herbert Boyer self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cohen–Boyer patents on recombinant DNA

Boyer → notablyAssociatedWith → Herbert Boyer ⓘ

Derry, Pennsylvania, United States → hasBirthplaceOf → Herbert Boyer ⓘ

subject surface form: Derry, Pennsylvania

Stanley N. Cohen → coAuthor → Herbert Boyer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Herbert W. Boyer

Stanley N. Cohen → collaboratedWith → Herbert Boyer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Herbert W. Boyer

Biotechnology Heritage Award → notableRecipient → Herbert Boyer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Herbert W. Boyer

Richard H. Stahlman → notableStudent → Herbert Boyer ⓘ