Camillo Golgi: Quick Facts

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Born	July 7, 1843 or July 7, 1844 • Italy
Died	January 21, 1926 • Pavia • Italy
Awards And Honors	Nobel Prize (1906)
Subjects Of Study	Golgi apparatus • Golgi tendon organ • neuron

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Portrait photograph of Bartolomeo Emilio Camillo Golgi, Italian scientist with a large mustache, wearing a dark suit and white shirt, facing slightly to his left.

Diagram of the Golgi apparatus showing its stacked, curved membranes with labeled parts including cisternae, cis face, trans face, lumen, and various vesicles involved in cellular transport and secretion.

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