Jeremy Nathans (born July 31, 1958) is a professor of molecular biology and genetics at

Johns Hopkins University The Johns Hopkins University (often abbreviated as Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private university, private research university in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1876 based on the European research institution model, J ...

. He is also a member of the

National Academy of Sciences The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a United States nonprofit, NGO, non-governmental organization. NAS is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the ...

and an investigator of the

Howard Hughes Medical Institute The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is an American non-profit medical research organization headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland with additional facilities in Ashburn, Virginia. It was founded in 1953 by Howard Hughes, an American busin ...

. He is known for first isolating and characterizing the

opsin Animal opsins are G-protein-coupled receptors and a group of proteins made light-sensitive via a chromophore, typically retinal. When bound to retinal, opsins become retinylidene proteins, but are usually still called opsins regardless. Most pro ...

genes contributing to human

color vision Color vision, a feature of visual perception, is an ability to perceive differences between light composed of different frequencies independently of light intensity. Color perception is a part of the larger visual system and is mediated by a co ...

. In 2020 he was awarded the

Benjamin Franklin Medal (Franklin Institute) The Franklin Institute Awards (or Benjamin Franklin Medal) is an American science and engineering award presented by the Franklin Institute, a science museum in Philadelphia. The Franklin Institute awards comprises the Benjamin Franklin Medal ...

in Life Science. In 2022 he was awarded the

Nemmers Prize in Medical Science The Mechthild Esser Nemmers Prize in Medical Science, established in 2016, is awarded every other year by the Feinberg School of Medicine. The recipient is "a physician-scientist whose body of research exhibits outstanding achievement in their disc ...

.Nemmers Prize in Medical Science 2022
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External links

Website at Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nathans, Jeremy 1958 births Living people Johns Hopkins University faculty Stanford University alumni Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni American geneticists Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Howard Hughes Medical Investigators Members of the National Academy of Medicine Benjamin Franklin Medal (Franklin Institute) laureates