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Also Known As Sir Richard Timothy Hunt
Born February 19, 1943 (age 83) • England
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (2001)
Subjects Of Study cell cycle
Paul Nurse
Paul Nurse
British scientist
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Leland H. Hartwell
American scientist
Ralph M. Steinman.
Ralph M. Steinman
Canadian immunologist and cell biologist
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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
Horvitz, H. Robert
H. Robert Horvitz
American biologist
The Golgi apparatus was observed in 1897 by Italian cytologist Camillo Golgi
Camillo Golgi
Italian physician and cytologist
Renato Dulbecco, 1966.
Renato Dulbecco
Italian-American virologist
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Albert Claude
Belgian-American cytologist
Sydney Brenner
Sydney Brenner
South African-born biologist
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Christian René de Duve
Belgian biochemist
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George E. Palade
Romanian-born American cell biologist
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
John O'Keefe
John O’Keefe
British-American neuroscientist
Crick, Francis
Francis Crick
British biophysicist
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Peter J. Ratcliffe
British physician and scientist
Peter B. Medawar, 1960
Sir Peter B. Medawar
British zoologist
Sir Charles Sherrington
Sir Charles Scott Sherrington
British physiologist
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Niels K. Jerne
Danish immunologist