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Craig Mello
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American biologist
Craig Mello is an American biologist who is known for his scientific research contributions. (I don't have additional context provided to explain his specific discoveries or why his work matters, so I cannot write more details accurately.)
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1960-10-18 ) October 18, 1960 (age 65) , New Haven , Connecticut , U.S.
- Education
- Brown University ( BS ), Harvard University ( PhD )
- Known for
- RNA interference
- Awards
- Wiley Prize (2003) , NAS Award in Molecular Biology (2003) , Massry Prize (2005) , Gairdner Foundation International Award (2005) , Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2006)
- Fields
- Biologist
- Institutions
- University of Massachusetts Medical School
- Academic advisors
- Nelson Fausto , Susan Gerbi , Ken Miller , Frank Rothman , Victor Ambros , Daniel Stinchcomb
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine2006
“for their discovery of RNA interference - gene silencing by double-stranded RNA”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Craig
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New Haven
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- Duke University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Field of work
- genetics
- Image
- Craig Mello 01 (cropped).jpg
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- Craig Mello
- date of birth
- 1960-10-18
- member of
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- Erdős number
- 5
- name in native language
- Craig Cameron Mello
- affiliation string
- University of Massachusetts Medical School
- interested in
- biochemistry
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Encyclopedic overview
Craig Cameron Mello (born October 18, 1960) is an American biologist and professor in the RNA Therapeutics Institute and Program for Molecular Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School in Worcester, Massachusetts. He was awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, along with Andrew Z. Fire, for the discovery of RNA interference. This research was conducted at the Carnegie Institution of Washington and published in 1998. Mello has been a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator since 2000.
Early life
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