Har Gobind Khorana

Hailed for constructing the first synthetic gene, Har Gobind Khorana would have been 96 on January 9.

The biochemist responsible for discovering an essential function of our DNA — and for constructing the first synthetic gene — is being honoured by Google with a Doodle in many parts of the world. Har Gobind Khorana would be 96-years-old Tuesday, and has been honoured within the scientific community in the past with some of the most prestigious awards available. Here’s what you need to know about Mr Khorana’s life and accomplishments.

The Indian-American scientist was honored on what would have been his birthday.

Google today celebrated the 96th birth anniversary of Indian-American Nobel prize-winning biochemist Har Gobind Khorana with a doodle.

Indian scientist Har Gobind Khorana won the Nobel Prize for his research on genes.

The biochemist won a Nobel Prize for his pioneering work in genetics.

Google’s logo today is a tribute to an Indian-American biochemist who played an important part in figuring out how DNA works. The Google Doodle honors Har Gobind Khorana, who won a Nobel Prize in 1968 for his work on genes and nucleotides, which are the basic structural units of DNA.

Hailed for constructing the first synthetic gene, Har Gobind Khorana would have been 96 on January 9.

Biography of Har Gobind Khorana from Concept 22: DNA words are three letters long, DNA from the Beginning.

Nobelprize.org, The Official Web Site of the Nobel Prize.

Nobelprize.org, The Official Web Site of the Nobel Prize.