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Sir Martin John Evans FRS FMedSci FLSW (born 1 January 1941) is an English biologist who, with Matthew Kaufman, was the first to culture mice embryonic stem cells and cultivate them in a laboratory in 1981.
Apr 29, 2024 · Martin Evans, British scientist who, with Mario R. Capecchi and Oliver Smithies, won the 2007 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for developing gene targeting, a technology used to create animal models of human diseases in mice. Learn more about Evans’s life and work.
Sir Martin J. Evans. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2007. Born: 1 January 1941, Stroud, United Kingdom. Affiliation at the time of the award: Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom. Prize motivation: “for their discoveries of principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells”
In 2007 Professor Sir Martin Evans from the School of Biosciences was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for a series of ground-breaking discoveries concerning embryonic stem cells and DNA recombination in mammals.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2007 was awarded jointly to Mario R. Capecchi, Sir Martin J. Evans and Oliver Smithies "for their discoveries of principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells"
Dec 22, 2007 · Although Professor Sir Martin Evans was delighted to receive the phone message this year telling of his share in the 2007 Physiology or Medicine Prize, he makes no pretence that such a thought had never entered his head.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2007 was awarded jointly to Mario R. Capecchi, Sir Martin J. Evans and Oliver Smithies "for their discoveries of principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells".
Martin Evans was the first researcher to isolate and culture embryonic stem (ES) cells, a seminal discovery for which he jointly received the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Martin subsequently showed that ES cells could develop into fertile adult mice.
Professor Sir Martin Evans was the first scientist to identify embryonic stem cells, which can be adapted for a wide variety of medical purposes. His discoveries are now being applied in...
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