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Born March 28, 1949 (age 77) • Miami • Florida
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (2017)
Subjects Of Study Drosophila melanogaster • vinegar fly • circadian rhythm • period • timeless
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Michael Rosbash
American geneticist
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Jeffrey C. Hall
American geneticist
English-born American biochemist and geneticist Jack W. Szostak.
Jack W. Szostak
English-born American biochemist and geneticist
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
German geneticist
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Thomas Hunt Morgan
American biologist
George Wells Beadle.
George Wells Beadle
American geneticist
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Mario R. Capecchi
American scientist
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Hermann Joseph Muller
American geneticist
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William G. Kaelin, Jr.
American physician and medical researcher
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James P. Allison
American immunologist
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Gregg L. Semenza
American physician
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Thomas C. Südhof
German-American neuroscientist
Rothman, James E.
James E. Rothman
American biochemist and cell biologist
Schekman, Randy W.
Randy W. Schekman
American biochemist and cell biologist
Karl Deisseroth wearing a black tuxedo and bow tie, smiling at the camera with a blue and white event backdrop behind him.
Karl Deisseroth
American psychiatrist and bioengineer
Jules Hoffmann
Jules Hoffmann
French immunologist
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Tasuku Honjo
Japanese immunologist
James Watson, c. 1990
James Watson
American geneticist and biophysicist
American scientist Craig C. Mello
Craig C. Mello
American geneticist
McClintock, Barbara
Barbara McClintock
American scientist

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