He was also awarded the Paul-Lewis Award in Enzyme Chemistry from the American Chemical Society in 1951, an L.H.D. degree from Yeshiva University in 1962, and the National Medal of Science in 1979.
Di samping menerima Penghargaan Nobel, Kornberg dianugerahi Paul-Lewis Laboratories Award in Enzyme Chemistry dari American Chemical Society (1951), gelar L.H.D. dari Yeshiva University (1962), dan National Medal of Science (1979).
Kornberg had a mildly elevated level of bilirubin in his blood— jaundice due to a hereditary genetic condition known as Gilbert's syndrome—and, while at medical school, he took a survey of fellow students to discover how common the condition was.
Kornberg memiliki tingkat bilirubin yang bertambah dalam darahnya—dikenal sebagai sindrom Gilbert—dan selama di Fakultas Kedokteran ia mengadakan survei mahasiswa untuk membuktikan betapa umum keadaan itu.
Kornberg's internship was at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York, in 1941–1942.
Dari 1941 hingga 1942, Kornberg berkesempatan praktik kerja di Strong Memorial Hospital di Rochester, New York.
After completing his medical training, he joined the armed services as a lieutenant in the United States Coast Guard, serving as a ship's doctor in 1942 in the Caribbean.
Setelah menyelesaikan pelatihan dokter ia bergabung di dinas militer sebagai letnan di United States Coast Guard, menjabat sebagai dokter kapal pada 1942.
From 1942 to 1945, Kornberg's work was the feeding of specialized diets to rats to discover new vitamins.
Antara 1942-1945, karya Kornberg ialah pemberian diet terspesialisasi pada tikus untuk menemukan vitamin baru.
He transferred to Dr Severo Ochoa's laboratory at New York University in 1946, and took summer courses at Columbia University to fill out the gaps in his knowledge of organic and physical chemistry while learning the techniques of enzyme purification at work.
Severo Ochoa di Universitas New York pada 1946, dan mengambil kursus musim semi di Universitas Columbia untuk menjembatani pengetahuannya pada kimia organik dan fisika saat belajar teknik pemurnian enzim.
In 1953 he became professor and head of the department of microbiology, Washington University in St. Louis, until 1959.
Pada 1953, ia menjadi Profesor Kepala Bagian Mikrobiologi di Universitas Washington, St. Louis, Missouri, hingga 1959.
Here he continued experimenting with the enzymes which created DNA.
Di sana ia melanjutkan penelitian dengan enzim yang menciptakan DNA.
He became professor and executive head of the department of biochemistry, Stanford University, in 1959.
Ia menjadi Profesor dan Kepala Bagian Eksekutif Biokimia di Universitas Stanford sejak 1959.
From 1962 to 1970, in the midst of his work on DNA synthesis, Kornberg devoted half his research effort to determining how DNA is stored in the spore, what replication mechanisms are included, and how the spore generates a new cell.
Dari 1962 hingga 1970, pada pertengahan karyanya pada sintesis DNA, Kornberg mencurahkan separuh usaha penelitiannya untuk memastikan bagaimana asam deoksiribonukleat tersimpan pada spora, mekanisme replikasi apa yang terlibat, dan bagaimana spora-spora itu melahirkan sel-sel baru.
This was an unfashionable but complex area of science, and although some progress was made, eventually Kornberg abandoned this research.
Inilah daerah sains yang kompleks, dan meski beberapa proses dibuat, akhirnya Kornberg meninggalkan penelitian ini.
Until his death, Kornberg maintained an active research laboratory at Stanford and regularly published scientific journal articles.
Pada tahun 2005, Kornberg masih mempertahankan riset laboratorium aktif di Universitas Stanford, dan secara berkala menerbitkan karya ilmiah.
For several years the focus of his research was the metabolism of inorganic polyphosphate.
Selama beberapa tahun, fokus penelitiannya ialah metabolisme polifosfat anorganik.