What is Martin Evans?
{{Infobox person |name = Sir Martin John Evans |image = Martin Evans Nobel Prize.jpg |image_size = 250px |caption = |birth_name = |birth_date = {{Birth date|mf=yes|1941|1|1}} |birth_place = [[Stroud]], [[Gloucestershire]], [[England]] |occupation = [[Genetics|Geneticist]] | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] in [[2007]] }} [[Knight Bachelor|Sir]] '''Martin John Evans''' (born 1 January 1941, [[Stroud]], [[Gloucestershire]]) is a [[British]] [[Genetics|geneticist]].<ref name=Gazette57155>{{London Gazette|issue=57155|supp=y|page=1|date=31 December 2003}}</ref><ref>[http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2007/evans.html Sir Martin J. Evans] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018190954/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2007/evans.html |date=2012-10-18 }} Nobelprize.org</ref> His first success was with [[Matthew Kaufman]]. In 1981 they were the first to grow [[embryo]]nic [[mice]] [[stem cell]]s in a laboratory. Evans, [[Oliver Smithies]] and [[Mario Capecchi]] discovered a technique in [[genetic engineering]]. It is known as homologous [[recombination]] of transgenic [[DNA]]. This is important because it is the most reliable method of changing animal [[genome]]s. The three put this to use in two more inventions: [[gene targeting]] and [[Knockout mouse|knockout mice]], and were jointly awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] in 2007. He was elected a member of the [[Academia Europaea]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Evans_Martin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411153807/https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Evans_Martin |title=Sir Martin Evans|publisher=Academia Europaea |archive-date=11 April 2021}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine}} {{Nobelprize|Physiology or Medicine}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Evans, Martin}} [[Category:1941 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:E