H. Robert Horvitz
H. Robert Horvitz | |
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| Born | Howard Robert Horvitz May 8, 1947 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Education | |
| Known for | Apoptosis research |
| Spouse | Martha Constantine-Paton |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biology |
| Institutions | MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Thesis | Modifications of the host RNA polymerase induced by coliphage T4 (1974) |
| Doctoral advisors | Walter Gilbert James D. Watson |
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| Website | web |
Howard Robert Horvitz ForMemRS NAS AAA&S APS NAM (born May 8, 1947) is an American biologist whose research on the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans was awarded the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, together with Sydney Brenner and John E. Sulston, whose "seminal discoveries concerning the genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death" were "important for medical research and have shed new light on the pathogenesis of many diseases".