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Born	December 1, 1953 (age 72) • Hanover • New Hampshire
Awards And Honors	Nobel Prize (2024)
Subjects Of Study	gene regulation • microRNA

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Cowinner of the 2024 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine Victor Ambros

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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

Max Delbrück, c. 1960s.

Max Delbrück

American biologist

James Watson, c. 1990

James Watson

American geneticist and biophysicist

Brown, Michael S.

Michael S. Brown

American geneticist

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Joseph L. Goldstein

American geneticist

George Wells Beadle.

George Wells Beadle

American geneticist

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Edward L. Tatum

American biochemist

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A.D. Hershey

American biologist

English-born American biochemist and geneticist Jack W. Szostak.

Jack W. Szostak

English-born American biochemist and geneticist

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Jeffrey C. Hall

American geneticist

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Michael Rosbash

American geneticist

Rothman, James E.

James E. Rothman

American biochemist and cell biologist

Schekman, Randy W.

Randy W. Schekman

American biochemist and cell biologist

François Jacob, 1965.

François Jacob

French biologist

Sydney Brenner

Sydney Brenner

South African-born biologist

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Werner Arber

Swiss microbiologist

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Susan L. Lindquist

American molecular biologist

Svante Pääbo

Svante Pääbo

Swedish evolutionary geneticist

Thomas Hunt Morgan

Thomas Hunt Morgan

American biologist

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Hermann Joseph Muller

American geneticist