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Also Known As Sir John Edward Sulston
Born March 27, 1942 • Cambridge • England
Died March 6, 2018 (aged 75)
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize
Subjects Of Study Caenorhabditis elegans • apoptosis • cell
Brenner, Sydney
Sydney Brenner
South African-born biologist
Ralph M. Steinman.
Ralph M. Steinman
Canadian immunologist and cell biologist
Günter Blobel
German-American scientist
Rothman, James E.
James E. Rothman
American biochemist and cell biologist
Schekman, Randy W.
Randy W. Schekman
American biochemist and cell biologist
Horvitz, H. Robert
H. Robert Horvitz
American biologist
Albert Claude
Belgian cytologist
George E. Palade
Romanian-born American cell biologist
Roberts, Richard J.
Richard J. Roberts
British molecular biologist
Ohsumi, Yoshinori
Yoshinori Ohsumi
Japanese biologist
Watson, James
James Watson
American geneticist and biophysicist
Ōmura Satoshi
Ōmura Satoshi
Japanese microbiologist
Elizabeth Blackburn
Elizabeth Blackburn
American molecular biologist and biochemist
Carol W. Greider
Carol W. Greider
American molecular biologist
Phillip A. Sharp, 1993.
Phillip A. Sharp
American physiologist
Torsten Wiesel
Swedish biologist
Tonegawa Susumu
Japanese biologist
Smith, Hamilton O.
Hamilton O. Smith
American biologist
Élie Metchnikoff.
Élie Metchnikoff
Russian-born biologist
Selman Abraham Waksman, 1968.
Selman Abraham Waksman
American biochemist

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