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Michael Stuart Brown
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American geneticist and Nobel laureate
OverviewAI-generated
Michael Stuart Brown is an American geneticist, physician, and university teacher born in Brooklyn in 1941. He holds citizenship in the United States and speaks English. His professional work focuses on genetics, biochemistry, and molecular genetics. He has been employed by the University of Texas System and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He received his education at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Brown is a member of the Royal Society, the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has received the Heinrich Wieland Prize, the Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry, the Richard Lounsbery Award, and the Canada Gairdner International Award. He is recognized in the Royal Society, Nobel Laureates, Nobel Medicine, American Academy Arts Sciences, and National Medal Of Science collections. He is also listed in the Open Library with the works *Workers At Risk* and *Acceptable risks*.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Workers At Risk
- Acceptable risks
via Open Library + Wikidata
Key facts
- Born
- Michael Stuart Brown , ( 1941-04-13 ) April 13, 1941 (age 85) , Brooklyn , New York, U.S.
- Education
- University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
- Known for
- Regulation of cholesterol metabolism
- Spouse
- Alice Lapin ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1964 )
- Children
- two
- Awards
- Heinrich Wieland Prize (1974) Richard Lounsbery Award (1979) William Allan Award (1985) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1985) National Medal of Science (1988)
- Fields
- Biology
- Website
- profiles .utsouthwestern .edu /profile /10894 /michael-brown .html
via Wikipedia infobox
Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1985
“for their discoveries concerning the regulation of cholesterol metabolism”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michael
- Family name
- Brown
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- biochemistry
- Official website
- profiles.utsouthwestern.edu/profile/10894/michael-brown.html
- Image
- Mike Brown 2003.jpg
Show 6 more facts
- Commons category
- Michael S. Brown
- date of birth
- 1941-04-13
- name in native language
- Michael Stuart Brown
- different from
- Michael Brown
- interested in
- molecular genetics
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Encyclopedic overview
Michael Stuart Brown ForMemRS NAS AAA&S APS (born April 13, 1941) is an American geneticist and Nobel laureate. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Joseph L. Goldstein in 1985 for describing the regulation of cholesterol metabolism.
Early life and education
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