Jack W. Szostak's Birth Card: The Jack of Clubs

In the record

Jack William Szostak (born November 9, 1952) is a Canadian American biologist of Polish British descent, Nobel Prize laureate, university professor at the University of Chicago, former professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School, and Alexander Rich Distinguished Investigator at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. The birth-card coordinate for November 9 is the Jack of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 2009 Physiology or Medicine prize.

Nobel Prize record

• 2009 The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase

The Jack of Clubs coordinate

Jack W. Szostak's birthday maps to the Jack of Clubs (The Creative Messenger). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a Nobel Prize and not a verdict on Jack W. Szostak. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You bring a new angle and you let someone pressure-test it before it ships.

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Jack W. Szostak in the public record

Szostak has made significant contributions to the field of genetics. His achievement helped scientists to map the location of genes in mammals and to develop techniques for manipulating genes. His research findings in this area are also instrumental to the Human Genome Project. He was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, along with Elizabeth Blackburn and Carol W. Greider, for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres. Szostak grew up in Montreal and Ottawa. Although Szostak does not speak Polish, he stated in an interview with Wprost weekly that he remembers his Polish roots. He attended Riverdale High School (Quebec) and graduated at the age of 15 with the scholars prize.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Jack W. Szostak (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the Jack of Clubs

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Jack William Szostak (born November 9, 1952) is a Canadian American biologist of Polish British descent, Nobel Prize laureate, university professor at the University of Chicago, former professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School, and Alexander Rich Distinguished Investigator at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

Paired on the mind and communication — the domain ♣ governs in this system. Markers in the record: professor.

Also on the record

1. He graduated with a B.Sc in cell biology from McGill University at the age of 19.
2. In 1970, as an undergraduate, he participated in The Jackson Laboratory's Summer Student Program under the mentorship of Dr.
3. Chen K.
4. Chai.

Other laureates with this card

• Aage N. Bohr — 1975 Physics
• Abdus Salam — 1979 Physics
• Abiy Ahmed Ali — 2019 Peace
• Albert Gobat — 1902 Peace
• Andrei Sakharov — 1975 Peace
• Arthur Henderson — 1934 Peace
• Aung San Suu Kyi — 1991 Peace
• Bengt I. Samuelsson — 1982 Physiology or Medicine
• Bertil Ohlin — 1977 Economic Sciences
• David H. Hubel — 1981 Physiology or Medicine
• Ernst B. Chain — 1945 Physiology or Medicine
• François Mauriac — 1952 Literature
• 23 more laureates share this card.

FAQ

What is Jack W. Szostak's birth card?

The Jack of Clubs. November 9 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a Nobel Prize?

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