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1932 - Born on April 26th in Blackpool, England. A British-born Canadian biochemist who developed the technique called oligonucleotide-based site-directed mutagenesis, which enabled researchers to introduce specific mutations into genes and, thus, to the proteins that they encode.
1956 - Smith received a Ph.D. from the University of Manchester, England.
- He moved to Vancouver, Canada.
1964 - Became a Canadian citizen.
1966 - After holding a number of positions in Canada and the United States, he joined the faculty of the University of British Columbia.
1987 - Become the director of the university's biotechnology laboratory.
- He was a founder of ZymoGenetics Inc., a biotechnology company.
1993 - He won (with Kary B. Mullis) the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
2000 - He died on October 4th in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
1956 - Smith received a Ph.D. from the University of Manchester, England.
- He moved to Vancouver, Canada.
1964 - Became a Canadian citizen.
1966 - After holding a number of positions in Canada and the United States, he joined the faculty of the University of British Columbia.
1987 - Become the director of the university's biotechnology laboratory.
- He was a founder of ZymoGenetics Inc., a biotechnology company.
1993 - He won (with Kary B. Mullis) the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
2000 - He died on October 4th in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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