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Lydia Villa-Komaroff: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Lydia Villa
Born August 7, 1947 (age 79) • Las Vegas • New Mexico
Subjects Of Study insulin
James Watson, c. 1990
James Watson
American geneticist and biophysicist
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Susan L. Lindquist
American molecular biologist
Gary Ruvkun reacts after learning that he is a winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.
Gary Ruvkun
American molecular biologist and geneticist
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Günter Blobel
German-American scientist
The 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winners
Jennifer Doudna
American biochemist
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
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Venki Ramakrishnan
Indian-born physicist and molecular biologist
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Ardem Patapoutian
American molecular biologist
Sidney Altman
Sidney Altman
Canadian American molecular biologist
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Thomas Robert Cech
American scientist
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Matthew Meselson
American biologist
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Thomas Steitz
American biophysicist and biochemist
Gilbert, Walter
Walter Gilbert
American biologist
Severo Ochoa, 1959.
Severo Ochoa
Spanish-American biochemist
Benzer, Seymour
Seymour Benzer
American scientist
John Jacob Abel.
John Jacob Abel
American pharmacologist and physiological chemist
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Oskar Minkowski
German physiologist
Frederick Sanger, 1993
Frederick Sanger
British biochemist