Science & Nature · 2
Which scientist earned two separate Nobel Prizes in Chemistry — one for sequencing a protein and one for sequencing DNA?
Answer
Frederick Sanger
Frederick Sanger won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1958 for determining the amino acid sequence of insulin, then won it again in 1980 for developing a method to sequence DNA, making him one of only four people in history to win two Nobel Prizes.
💡 Did you know?
Frederick Sanger won two separate Nobel Prizes in Chemistry for determining protein and DNA sequences—one of only four people ever.
Other options people guess
- Linus Pauling
- Marie Curie
- John Bardeen
Topics
- nobel-prize
- biochemistry
- dna
- genetics
Know your science & nature trivia?
Play a free Science & Nature quiz and see how many you get right — no signup needed to start.
More Science & Nature facts
Science & Nature
In which Nobel Prize category were James Watson and Francis Crick honored for synthesizing others' research into the DNA double-helix model?
Watson and Crick never conducted a single DNA experiment themselves; they built their famous model using data from others, winning the Nobel Prize for theoretical synthesis.
Science & Nature
Why did Rosalind Franklin never receive a Nobel Prize for her role in uncovering DNA's structure, despite her critical X-ray data?
Franklin died of ovarian cancer at 37, four years before the Nobel Prize was awarded; the prize cannot be awarded posthumously, so she never received recognition.
Science & Nature
What was the name of the critical X-ray diffraction image of DNA taken by Rosalind Franklin that was shown to James Watson without her knowledge in 1953?
Rosalind Franklin's critical X-ray crystallography image was shown to Watson without her knowledge, violating scientific ethics standards that would spark outrage if discovered today.
Science & Nature
What iconic photograph was the last image Voyager 1's camera captured before it was deliberately shut off in 1990?
Voyager 1's camera was deliberately shut off in 1990 after taking the 'Pale Blue Dot' photo, then never restarted—a conscious goodbye to Earth.
Science & Nature
Christiaan Eijkman's chickens developed which deficiency disease after being fed polished rice, a discovery that helped establish the concept of vitamins?
Christiaan Eijkman discovered vitamins by accidentally observing chickens fed polished rice developed beriberi, revealing nutritional deficiency disease.
Science & Nature
Which planet in our solar system takes longer to complete one rotation than it does to orbit the Sun?
Venus rotates backward compared to most planets and so slowly that one Venusian day is longer than its year around the Sun.