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Born July 22, 1888 • Pryluky • Ukraine
Died August 16, 1973 (aged 85) • Hyannis • Massachusetts
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1952)
Subjects Of Study antibiotic • microorganism • soil • streptomycin

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Elizabeth Blackburn
Elizabeth Blackburn
American molecular biologist and biochemist
Rothman, James E.
James E. Rothman
American biochemist and cell biologist
Smith, Hamilton O.
Hamilton O. Smith
American biologist
Schekman, Randy W.
Randy W. Schekman
American biochemist and cell biologist
John Franklin Enders
American microbiologist
Daniel Nathans
American microbiologist
Theiler, Max
Max Theiler
American microbiologist
Ōmura Satoshi
Ōmura Satoshi
Japanese microbiologist
Élie Metchnikoff.
Élie Metchnikoff
Russian-born biologist
Lwoff, 1965
André Lwoff
French biologist
Werner Arber
Swiss microbiologist
Gerty Cori
American biochemist
Carl Cori
American biochemist
Watson, James
James Watson
American geneticist and biophysicist
English-born American biochemist and geneticist Jack W. Szostak.
Jack W. Szostak
American biochemist and geneticist
Günter Blobel
German-American scientist
Carol W. Greider
Carol W. Greider
American molecular biologist
Phillip A. Sharp, 1993.
Phillip A. Sharp
American physiologist
James P. Allison
American immunologist
Nirenberg, Marshall Warren
Marshall Warren Nirenberg
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