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2019 Week 14 Tech and Science Update

Weekly Tech News Update

Sydney Brenner Pioneer Molecular Biologist Has Died

Sydney Brenner was one of the giants of science.Born in 1927 immigrated to South Africa. He taught himself to read from the newspapers,used as tablecloths at dinner time.

He made big contributions to the understanding of DNA.His work help others to understand role played by the molecule RNA. Which carry the “code of life”. He also worked with Francis Crick, François Jacob, Linus Pauling and James Watson.This great mind passed away 5th of April, 2019.

Sydney Brenner received Nobel Prize in 2002 for his contribution in the field of molecular and developmental biology.

Rubayat M.

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