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Also Known As Robert Heinrich Hermann Koch
Born December 11, 1843 • Germany
Died May 27, 1910 (aged 66) • Baden-Baden • Germany
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1905)
Subjects Of Study Bacillus anthracis • Mycobacterium • Vibrio cholerae • anthrax • bacteria • cholera • tuberculosis

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Emil von Behring, 1914.
Emil von Behring
German bacteriologist
Gerhard Domagk
Gerhard Domagk
German scientist
Sir Alexander Fleming sits holding a petri dish in one hand, wearing a suit and bow tie, with papers stacked beside him.
Alexander Fleming
Scottish bacteriologist
Baruch S. Blumberg, 1976.
Baruch S. Blumberg
American physician
Joshua Lederberg, 1958.
Joshua Lederberg
American geneticist
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Edward L. Tatum
American biochemist
François Jacob, 1965.
François Jacob
French biologist
Nicolle, Charles-Jules-Henri
Charles-Jules-Henri Nicolle
French bacteriologist
Bordet, Jules
Jules Bordet
Belgian bacteriologist
Sir Ronald Ross, bronze relief by Frank Bowcher, 1929; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Ronald Ross
British doctor
Ehrlich, Paul
Paul Ehrlich
German medical scientist
Hans Bethe.
Hans Bethe
American physicist
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Günter Blobel
German-American scientist
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Thomas C. Südhof
German-American neuroscientist
Peter Hegemann, wearing a suit and patterned tie, smiles while holding an open award certificate in both hands.
Peter Hegemann
German biochemist and biophysicist
Portrait of Professor Georg Nagel wearing a beige jacket, patterned shirt, and light tie, standing in front of a wooden wall with green plants in the background.
Georg Nagel
German biophysicist
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Georges J.F. Köhler
German immunologist
Sir Hans Adolf Krebs
Sir Hans Adolf Krebs
German-British biochemist
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
German geneticist
Otto Warburg, c. 1931.
Otto Warburg
German biochemist