As per our current Database, Daniel Nathans has been died on November 16, 1999(1999-11-16) (aged 71)\nBaltimore, Maryland.
When Daniel Nathans die, Daniel Nathans was 71 years old.
| Popular As | Daniel Nathans |
| Occupation | Scientists |
| Age | 71 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Scorpio |
| Born | October 30, 1928 (Wilmington, Delaware, US, United States) |
| Birthday | October 30 |
| Town/City | Wilmington, Delaware, US, United States |
| Nationality | United States |
Daniel Nathans’s zodiac sign is Scorpio. According to astrologers, Scorpio-born are passionate and assertive people. They are determined and decisive, and will research until they find out the truth. Scorpio is a great leader, always aware of the situation and also features prominently in resourcefulness. Scorpio is a Water sign and lives to experience and express emotions. Although emotions are very important for Scorpio, they manifest them differently than other water signs. In any case, you can be sure that the Scorpio will keep your secrets, whatever they may be.
Daniel Nathans was born in the Year of the Dragon. A powerful sign, those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dragon are energetic and warm-hearted, charismatic, lucky at love and egotistic. They’re natural born leaders, good at giving orders and doing what’s necessary to remain on top. Compatible with Monkey and Rat.
Nathans went to public schools and then to the University of Delaware, where he received his BS degree in chemistry in 1950. He received his MD degree from Washington University in St. Louis in 1954. After earning his MD degree, Nathans went to the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center for a one-year medical internship with Robert Loeb.
Nathans returned to Columbia Presbyterian for a two-year residency in 1957, again on Robert Loeb's Service. He continued working on the Problem of protein synthesis as time allowed. In 1959, he decided to work on the research full time and became a research associate at Fritz Lipmann's lab at the Rockefeller Institute in New York.
In 1962, Nathans came to Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine as an assistant professor of microbiology. He was promoted to associate professor in 1965 and to professor in 1967. He became the Director of the microbiology department in 1972 and served in that position until 1982. In 1981, the department of microbiology was renamed the department of molecular biology and genetics.
In 1982 Johns Hopkins University made Nathans a University Professor, a position in which he served until his death in 1999. He also became a senior investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute unit at the School of Medicine in 1982.
From 1995-1996 Nathans served as the interim President of Johns Hopkins University.
In January 1999, Johns Hopkins University established the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, a multidisciplinary clinical and research center named for Nathans and pioneering medical Geneticist Victor McKusick. Nathans was also given six honorary doctorates over the span of his career.
