Sidney Altman 1939 – 2022

Sidney Altman was a ground-breaking scientist in the field of RNA biology, whose discovery of catalytic properties of RNA led to the award of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1989. His first steps to this discovery began at the LMB, where he worked alongside Sydney Brenner and Francis Crick, research that led to the discovery of RNaseP. After moving to Yale, Sidney and his colleagues unveiled the enzymatic properties of the RNA subunit of that enzyme. He remained a friend to many at the LMB and in Cambridge. More…