Daniel Nathans was an American microbiologist born on October 30, 1928, in Wilmington, Delaware. He won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1978 for his discovery of restriction enzymes, sharing the award with Werner Arber and Hamilton Smith. The youngest of nine children of Russian Jewish immigrants, Nathans faced early adversity when his father's business failed during the Great Depression. He studied chemistry, philosophy, and literature at the University of Delaware and earned his medical degree from Washington University in St. Louis in 1954. He held leadership roles at Johns Hopkins University.
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Meaning of the name - Daniel
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Place of Birth: Wilmington
Place of Death: Baltimore
Educated At: Washington University School of Medicine | University of Delaware | Washington University in St. Louis
Occupation: molecular biologist | microbiologist | biochemist | physiologist
Employers: Johns Hopkins University
Awards Received: NAS Award in Molecular Biology | National Medal of Science | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on October 30, 2025 | Secondary Progressions for October 30, 2025 |
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| Sun | 7 Scorpio 2 | 7 Scorpio 31 | 15 Aquarius 25 |
| Moon | 1 Gemini 30 | 19 Aquarius 41 | 19 Sagittarius 3 |
| Mercury | 24 Libra 28 | 1 Sagittarius 13 | 20 Aquarius 41 |
| Venus | 8 Sagittarius 34 | 20 Libra 57 | 2 Aries 11 |
| Mars | 8 Cancer 15 | 26 Scorpio 33 | 21 Gemini 24 |
| Jupiter | 5 Taurus 3 | 24 Cancer 56 | 3 Taurus 7 |
| Saturn | 16 Sagittarius 58 | 25 Pisces 45 | 27 Sagittarius 40 |
| Uranus | 4 Aries 12 | 0 Gemini 20 | 4 Aries 39 |
| Neptune | 1 Virgo 4 | 29 Pisces 48 | 0 Virgo 25 |
| Pluto | 18 Cancer 22 | 1 Aquarius 25 | 16 Cancer 45 |
| Rahu | 1 Gemini 33 | 15 Pisces 27 | 26 Taurus 25 |
| Ketu | 1 Sagittarius 33 | 15 Virgo 27 | 26 Scorpio 25 |
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