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Born August 24, 1898 • Belgium
Died May 22, 1983 (aged 84) • Brussels • Belgium
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1974)
Subjects Of Study cell • endoplasmic reticulum • mitochondrion • centrifuge

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Diagram of a mitochondrion cut lengthwise, showing labeled parts including outer and inner membranes, intermembrane space, cristae, matrix, DNA, ribosomes, and membrane protein portions.
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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
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George E. Palade
Romanian-born American cell biologist
Ralph M. Steinman.
Ralph M. Steinman
Canadian immunologist and cell biologist
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John Sulston
British biologist
Sydney Brenner
Sydney Brenner
South African-born biologist
James Watson, c. 1990
James Watson
American geneticist and biophysicist
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
Smith, Hamilton O.
Hamilton O. Smith
American biologist
Selman Abraham Waksman, 1968.
Selman Abraham Waksman
American biochemist
Horvitz, H. Robert
H. Robert Horvitz
American biologist
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John Franklin Enders
American microbiologist
Severo Ochoa, 1959.
Severo Ochoa
Spanish-American biochemist
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Christian René de Duve
Belgian biochemist
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David Hunter Hubel
American biologist
Salvador E. Luria.
Salvador Luria
Italian-American biologist
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A.D. Hershey
American biologist

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