Smith Michael Biography - Nobel Prize Winner (1993)

Michael Smith, C.C., O.B.C., Ph.D., LL.D. (April 26, 1932 – October 4, 2000) was the 1993 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry. He received the prize for his fundamental contributions to the establishment of oligonucleotide-based, site-directed mutagenesis and its development for protein studies.

Born in Blackpool, England, he worked out of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada from 1956 until his death in 2000.

In 1987 he became the Director of the University of British Columbia Biotechnology Laboratory.

In 1994 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.

In 2004 the UBC Biotechnology Laboratories were renamed the Michael Smith Laboratories in his honor.

Also in 2004 the new biological sciences research centre at The University of Manchester was named the Michael Smith Building.