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Watson, James
James Watson
American geneticist and biophysicist
Susan L. Lindquist
American molecular biologist
Günter Blobel
German-American scientist
Elizabeth Blackburn
Elizabeth Blackburn
American molecular biologist and biochemist
Phillip A. Sharp, 1993.
Phillip A. Sharp
American physiologist
Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna
Jennifer Doudna
American biochemist
Carol W. Greider
Carol W. Greider
American molecular biologist
Venki Ramakrishnan
Indian-born physicist and molecular biologist
Sidney Altman
Sidney Altman
Canadian-American scientist
Tonegawa Susumu
Japanese biologist
Thomas Robert Cech
American scientist
Matthew Meselson
American biologist
Thomas Steitz
American biophysicist and biochemist
Gilbert, Walter
Walter Gilbert
American biologist
Brenner, Sydney
Sydney Brenner
South African-born biologist
Severo Ochoa, 1959.
Severo Ochoa
Spanish-American biochemist
Jacques Dubochet
Swiss biophysicist
Ardem Patapoutian
American molecular biologist
Lydia Villa-Komaroff
American molecular biologist
Gregory P. Winter
British biochemst

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