Mario Renato Capecchi, PhD
Honorary member, elected 2000
Email: mario.capecchi@genetics.utah.edu
Phone: 801-581-7096
Honors / awards
National Academy of Medicine (2015)
American Academy of Arts & Sciences (2009)
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2007)
(shared) for discoveries of principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells.
Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award (2001)
For the development of a powerful technology for manipulating the mouse genome with exquisite precision, which allows the creation of animal models of human disease. More