caption death_date death_place birth_place nationality field birth_date known_for spouse prizes image article_title name alma_mater
nirenberg in 2003 15 january 2010 new york city new york city united states biochemistry 10 april 1927 genetic code perola m. weissman -lrb- m. 2005 -rrb- zaltzman-nirenberg -lrb- 1961-2001 ; her death -rrb- myrna nas -lrb- 1967 -rrb- nobel prize in physiology or medicine franklin award medal louisa gross horwitz prize -lrb- 1968 -rrb- in molecular biology gairdner foundation international award marshall nirenberg 2003.jpg marshall warren nirenberg
 marshall warren nirenberg university of florida university of michigan
marshall warren nirenberg

marshall warren nirenberg -lrb- april 10 , 1927 -- january 15 , 2010 -rrb- was an american biochemist and geneticist .
he shared a nobel prize in physiology or medicine in 1968 with har gobind khorana and robert w. holley for `` breaking the genetic code '' and describing how it operates in protein synthesis .
in the same year , together with har gobind khorana , he was awarded the louisa gross horwitz prize from columbia university .
