H. Robert Horvitz
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American biologist
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H. Robert Horvitz was born in 1947. He is affiliated with the Department of Biology at MIT. His research is associated with the Horvitz Lab Website.
Horvitz has received one Nobel Prize. He is recognized in the Royal Society collection, the Nobel Laureates collection, the Nobel Medicine collection, and the American Academy Arts Sciences collection. His academic collaboration network includes an Erdős number of 4.
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Key facts
- 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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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine2002
“for their discoveries concerning genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death”
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Official website
Horvitz Lab Website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Occupation
- physician
- Employer
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Doctoral advisor
- Sydney Brenner
- Field of work
- developmental biology
- Official website
- web.mit.edu/horvitz/www
- Residence
- United States
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- date of birth
- 1947-05-08
- Erdős number
- 4
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- interested in
- biology
- ethnic group
- white people
- sexual orientation
- heterosexuality
- affiliation string
- MIT - Department of Biology
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Encyclopedic overview
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".
Early life and education
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