Genetics professor studies proteins, wins big prizes
With his greying, Provost Salovey-like moustache, round tortoise glasses and small stature, Arthur Horwich does not fit the mold of a world-famous scientist.
Between conversations about the Chicago Bears and spirited impersonations in a faux-German accent, however, Horwich, Eugene Higgins Professor of Genetics at the Yale School of Medicine, quickly lends support to the old adage “appearances aren’t everything.”
First came the Hans Neurath Award. Then the Gairdner International Award. The Wiley Prize in Biomedical Science and the 2008 Rosenstiel Award quickly...
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