Mario Capecchi

Mario Capecchi
Capecchi at a conference in 2013
Born
Mario Ramberg Capecchi

(1937-10-06) October 6, 1937 (age 86)
Verona, Italy
NationalityItalian, American
Alma materAntioch College
Harvard University
Known forHox genes in knockout mice
AwardsKyoto Prize (1996)
Franklin Medal (1997)
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (2001)
Massry Prize (2002)
Wolf Prize in Medicine (2002)
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2007)
Scientific career
FieldsGenetics
InstitutionsHarvard Medical School
University of Utah
ThesisOn the Mechanism of Suppression and Polypeptide Chain Initiation (1967)
Doctoral advisorJames D. Watson
Websitecapecchi.genetics.utah.edu

Mario Ramberg Capecchi (born 6 October 1937) is an Italian-born molecular geneticist and a co-awardee of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering a method to create mice in which a specific gene is turned off, known as knockout mice.[1][2][3][4][5][6] He shared the prize with Martin Evans and Oliver Smithies.[7] He is currently Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics and Biology at the University of Utah School of Medicine.[8][9][10][11][12]

  1. ^ Skipper, Magda (2005). "An Interview With Mario Capecchi". Nature Reviews Genetics. 6 (6): 434. doi:10.1038/nrg1647. ISSN 1471-0056. PMID 15934189. S2CID 31781543.
  2. ^ Thomas, K. R.; Capecchi, M. R. (1987). "Site-directed mutagenesis by gene targeting in mouse embryo-derived stem cells". Cell. 51 (3): 503–512. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(87)90646-5. PMID 2822260. S2CID 31961262.
  3. ^ Mansour, S. L.; Thomas, K. R.; Capecchi, M. R. (1988). "Disruption of the proto-oncogene int-2 in mouse embryo-derived stem cells: A general strategy for targeting mutations to non-selectable genes". Nature. 336 (6197): 348–352. Bibcode:1988Natur.336..348M. doi:10.1038/336348a0. PMID 3194019. S2CID 2997260.
  4. ^ Capecchi, M. R. (1980). "High efficiency transformation by direct microinjection of DNA into cultured mammalian cells". Cell. 22 (2 Pt 2): 479–488. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(80)90358-x. PMID 6256082. S2CID 2189404.
  5. ^ Chisaka, O.; Capecchi, M. R. (1991). "Regionally restricted developmental defects resulting from targeted disruption of the mouse homeobox gene hox-1.5". Nature. 350 (6318): 473–479. Bibcode:1991Natur.350..473C. doi:10.1038/350473a0. PMID 1673020. S2CID 972118.
  6. ^ Thomas, K. R.; Folger, K. R.; Capecchi, M. R. (1986). "High frequency targeting of genes to specific sites in the mammalian genome". Cell. 44 (3): 419–428. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(86)90463-0. PMID 3002636. S2CID 30570106.
  7. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2007". Nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2007-10-08.
  8. ^ Mario Capecchi publications indexed by Microsoft Academic
  9. ^ Kain, K. (2008). "The first transgenic mice: An interview with Mario Capecchi". Disease Models and Mechanisms. 1 (4–5): 197–201. doi:10.1242/dmm.001966. PMC 2590805. PMID 19093023.
  10. ^ Cohen-Tannoudji, M. (2007). "Prix Nobel de Médecine 2007". Médecine/Sciences. 23 (12): 1159–1161. doi:10.1051/medsci/200723121159. PMID 18154719.
  11. ^ Capecchi, M. (2005). "An Interview with". Nature Reviews Genetics. 6 (6): 434. doi:10.1038/nrg1647. PMID 15934189. S2CID 31781543.
  12. ^ Dennis, C. (2004). "Mario Capecchi: From rags to research". Nature. 430 (6995): 10–11. Bibcode:2004Natur.430...10D. doi:10.1038/430010a. PMID 15229575. S2CID 4347862.