Keynote Speech on 'The Path to a Nobel Prize'Back to Videos

Sir Richard J. Roberts was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1993 for the discovery of introns in eukaryotic DNA and the mechanism of gene-splicing. He received a PhD in Organic Chemistry in 1968 from Sheffield University and then joined Harvard as a postdoctoral fellow. From 1972 to 1992, he worked at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, eventually becoming Assistant Director for Research under Dr. James Watson. Since winning the Nobel Prize, Dr. Roberts has been involved in organizing a number of Nobel initiatives to redress scientific misunderstandings and promote humanitarian causes.