Andrew Fire

Andrew Fire
Fire in 2008
Born	Andrew Zachary Fire (1959-04-27) April 27, 1959 (age 64) Palo Alto, California
Alma mater	University of California, Berkeley Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Known for	RNA interference
Awards	Meyenburg Prize (2002) NAS Award in Molecular Biology (2003) Wiley Prize (2003) Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2004) Massry Prize (2005) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2006) EMBO Member (2010)
Scientific career
Fields	Pathology, genetics
Institutions	Johns Hopkins University Stanford University MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Thesis	In vitro transcription studies of adenovirus (1983)
Doctoral advisor	Phillip Allen Sharp
Notable students	Jenny Hsieh

Andrew Zachary Fire (born April 27, 1959) is an American biologist and professor of pathology and of genetics at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He was awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, along with Craig C. Mello, for the discovery of RNA interference (RNAi). This research was conducted at the Carnegie Institution of Washington and published in 1998.