{"id":3386,"date":"1996-11-23T12:00:16","date_gmt":"1996-11-23T12:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/?p=3386"},"modified":"2023-07-07T07:09:53","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T07:09:53","slug":"prof-alec-jeffreys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/es_mx\/winners\/winner-science\/prof-alec-jeffreys\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Alec Jeffreys"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\"\"<\/a>Albert Einstein World Award of Science 1996<\/h5>
Field of Research: Molecular Biology<\/h5>
Date: 23 November 1996<\/h5>
Place of Ceremony: Voltaire Room<\/h5>
Host Institution: University of Oxford<\/h5>
Host Country: Oxford, United Kingdom<\/h5>

Oxford, England, November 1996. The World Cultural Council presented the 1996 Albert Einstein World Award of Science<\/b> to Prof. Sir Alec Jeffreys<\/b>, Professor of Genetics of the University of Leicester, England, The Official Award Ceremony took place at the University of Oxford which acted as host for 1996.<\/p>

Prof. Jeffreys was selected as the recipient of the Award in recognition of his valuable and pioneering contributions to Biological Sciences, specifically in the field of Genetics. Outstanding members of the scientific community voted for the prize to go to Professor Jeffreys for his discovery of DNA fingerprinting.<\/p>

The award is among the many crowning achievements of this distinguished scientist who has been honoured both at home and abroad. He has been made a Freeman of the City of Leicester, named as Midlander of the Year and was awarded a Knighthood for his services to science and technological in 1994.<\/p>

Prof. Jeffreys was born in Oxford, England in 1950. He attended to Oxford University and received his Ph. D (Biochemistry) in 1975. His career took him to the University of Leicester Where he was appointed Professor of Genetics in 1987.<\/p>

His achievements have helped to raise the profile of Leicester University as web as the city of Leicester where his revolutionary technique was successfully tested.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Albert Einstein World Award of Science 1996 Field of Research: Molecular Biology Date: 23 November 1996 Place of Ceremony: Voltaire Room Host Institution: University of Oxford Host Country: Oxford, United Kingdom Oxford, England, November 1996. The World Cultural Council presented the 1996 Albert Einstein World Award of Science to Prof. Sir Alec Jeffreys, Professor of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-winner-science"],"yoast_head":"\nProf. Alec Jeffreys<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/es_mx\/winners\/winner-science\/prof-alec-jeffreys\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Prof. Alec Jeffreys\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Albert Einstein World Award of Science 1996 Field of Research: Molecular Biology Date: 23 November 1996 Place of Ceremony: Voltaire Room Host Institution: University of Oxford Host Country: Oxford, United Kingdom Oxford, England, November 1996. The World Cultural Council presented the 1996 Albert Einstein World Award of Science to Prof. Sir Alec Jeffreys, Professor of […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/es_mx\/winners\/winner-science\/prof-alec-jeffreys\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"World Cultural Council\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"1996-11-23T12:00:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-07T07:09:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Prof-Alec-Jeffreys-WCC.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"714\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minuto\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\\\/winners\\\/winner-science\\\/prof-alec-jeffreys\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\\\/winners\\\/winner-science\\\/prof-alec-jeffreys\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/08889999e59cd701c7a643ca9b1d1c3b\"},\"headline\":\"Prof. Alec Jeffreys\",\"datePublished\":\"1996-11-23T12:00:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-07T07:09:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\\\/winners\\\/winner-science\\\/prof-alec-jeffreys\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":237,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\\\/winners\\\/winner-science\\\/prof-alec-jeffreys\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/Prof-Alec-Jeffreys-WCC.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Winner of the World Award of Science\"],\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\\\/winners\\\/winner-science\\\/prof-alec-jeffreys\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\\\/winners\\\/winner-science\\\/prof-alec-jeffreys\\\/\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\\\/winners\\\/winner-science\\\/prof-alec-jeffreys\\\/\",\"name\":\"Prof. Alec Jeffreys\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\\\/winners\\\/winner-science\\\/prof-alec-jeffreys\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\\\/winners\\\/winner-science\\\/prof-alec-jeffreys\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/Prof-Alec-Jeffreys-WCC.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"1996-11-23T12:00:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-07T07:09:53+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\\\/winners\\\/winner-science\\\/prof-alec-jeffreys\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\\\/winners\\\/winner-science\\\/prof-alec-jeffreys\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\\\/winners\\\/winner-science\\\/prof-alec-jeffreys\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/Prof-Alec-Jeffreys-WCC.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/Prof-Alec-Jeffreys-WCC.jpg\",\"width\":1480,\"height\":714},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\\\/winners\\\/winner-science\\\/prof-alec-jeffreys\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Prof. Alec Jeffreys\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"World Cultural Council\",\"description\":\"Cultural values, goodwill and philanthropy\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"es\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"World Cultural Council\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/WCC-logo-gold.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/WCC-logo-gold.svg\",\"width\":681,\"height\":196,\"caption\":\"World Cultural Council\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/08889999e59cd701c7a643ca9b1d1c3b\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e2425f2dcca1da149985634adde6fd629be36d3013e733a13ee31416b80d6fa0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e2425f2dcca1da149985634adde6fd629be36d3013e733a13ee31416b80d6fa0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e2425f2dcca1da149985634adde6fd629be36d3013e733a13ee31416b80d6fa0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\\\/es_mx\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Prof. Alec Jeffreys","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/es_mx\/winners\/winner-science\/prof-alec-jeffreys\/","og_locale":"es_MX","og_type":"article","og_title":"Prof. Alec Jeffreys","og_description":"Albert Einstein World Award of Science 1996 Field of Research: Molecular Biology Date: 23 November 1996 Place of Ceremony: Voltaire Room Host Institution: University of Oxford Host Country: Oxford, United Kingdom Oxford, England, November 1996. The World Cultural Council presented the 1996 Albert Einstein World Award of Science to Prof. Sir Alec Jeffreys, Professor of […]","og_url":"http:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/es_mx\/winners\/winner-science\/prof-alec-jeffreys\/","og_site_name":"World Cultural Council","article_published_time":"1996-11-23T12:00:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-07-07T07:09:53+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1480,"height":714,"url":"http:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Prof-Alec-Jeffreys-WCC.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"1 minuto"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"http:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/winners\/winner-science\/prof-alec-jeffreys\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/winners\/winner-science\/prof-alec-jeffreys\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/#\/schema\/person\/08889999e59cd701c7a643ca9b1d1c3b"},"headline":"Prof. Alec Jeffreys","datePublished":"1996-11-23T12:00:16+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-07T07:09:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/winners\/winner-science\/prof-alec-jeffreys\/"},"wordCount":237,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/winners\/winner-science\/prof-alec-jeffreys\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Prof-Alec-Jeffreys-WCC.jpg","articleSection":["Winner of the World Award of Science"],"inLanguage":"es","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["http:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/winners\/winner-science\/prof-alec-jeffreys\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/winners\/winner-science\/prof-alec-jeffreys\/","url":"http:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/winners\/winner-science\/prof-alec-jeffreys\/","name":"Prof. Alec Jeffreys","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/winners\/winner-science\/prof-alec-jeffreys\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/winners\/winner-science\/prof-alec-jeffreys\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Prof-Alec-Jeffreys-WCC.jpg","datePublished":"1996-11-23T12:00:16+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-07T07:09:53+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/winners\/winner-science\/prof-alec-jeffreys\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"es","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/winners\/winner-science\/prof-alec-jeffreys\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es","@id":"http:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/winners\/winner-science\/prof-alec-jeffreys\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Prof-Alec-Jeffreys-WCC.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Prof-Alec-Jeffreys-WCC.jpg","width":1480,"height":714},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/winners\/winner-science\/prof-alec-jeffreys\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Prof. Alec Jeffreys"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/","name":"World Cultural Council","description":"Cultural values, goodwill and philanthropy","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"es"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/#organization","name":"World Cultural Council","url":"https:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es","@id":"https:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/WCC-logo-gold.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/WCC-logo-gold.svg","width":681,"height":196,"caption":"World Cultural Council"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/#\/schema\/person\/08889999e59cd701c7a643ca9b1d1c3b","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e2425f2dcca1da149985634adde6fd629be36d3013e733a13ee31416b80d6fa0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e2425f2dcca1da149985634adde6fd629be36d3013e733a13ee31416b80d6fa0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e2425f2dcca1da149985634adde6fd629be36d3013e733a13ee31416b80d6fa0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org"],"url":"https:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/es_mx\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/es_mx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/es_mx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/es_mx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/es_mx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/es_mx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3386"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/es_mx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5788,"href":"https:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/es_mx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3386\/revisions\/5788"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/es_mx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/es_mx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/es_mx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.consejoculturalmundial.org\/es_mx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}