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Peter Hegemann, wearing a suit and patterned tie, smiles while holding an open award certificate in both hands.
Peter Hegemann
German biochemist and biophysicist
James Watson, c. 1990
James Watson
American geneticist and biophysicist
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Richard Henderson
British biologist
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Jacques Dubochet
Swiss biophysicist
Telkes, Mária
Mária Telkes
American physical chemist and biophysicist
Crick, Francis
Francis Crick
British biophysicist
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Michael Rosbash
American geneticist
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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Thomas Steitz
American biophysicist and biochemist
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Kurt Wüthrich
Swiss scientist
Neher, Erwin
Erwin Neher
German physicist
Donald Redfield Griffin
Donald Redfield Griffin
American biophysicist
Malerba, Franco
Franco Malerba
Italian biophysicist and astronaut
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Jens C. Skou
Danish biophysicist
Sir Alan Hodgkin
Sir Alan Hodgkin
British biophysicist
Maurice Wilkins with a model of a DNA molecule, 1962.
Maurice Wilkins
British biophysicist
A.V. Hill
A.V. Hill
British physiologist and biophysicist
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Ephraim Katzir
president of Israel
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Sir Bernard Katz
British physiologist
De Motu Animalium by Giovanni Alfonso Borelli
Giovanni Alfonso Borelli
Italian physiologist and physicist

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