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H. Robert Horvitz

American biologist

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Biomedical Consulting Agreements
Abstracts of papers presented at the 1995 Meeting on Programmed Cell Death
Abstracts of papers presented at the 1997 Meeting on Programmed Cell Death
Abstracts of papers presented at the 1985 meeting on C. elegans
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Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density
· 1988 · cited 94,860x
Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation
· 2011 · cited 55,816x
Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 45,419x
Regression Shrinkage and Selection Via the Lasso
· 1996 · cited 38,849x
The PHQ-9
· 2001 · cited 38,226x

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Born: Howard Robert Horvitz , ( 1947-05-08 ) May 8, 1947 (age 79) , Chicago , Illinois, U.S.
Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( BS ) Harvard University ( PhD )
Known for: Apoptosis research
Spouse: Martha Constantine-Paton
Awards: NAS Award in Molecular Biology (1988) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2002) Gruber Prize in Genetics (2002) Wiley Prize (2002)
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
Notable students: Michael Hengartner Gary Ruvkun Yishi Jin Junying Yuan
Website: web .mit .edu /horvitz /www /

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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".

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