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Also known as Paul M. Nurse, Sir Paul Maxime Nurse, Paul Maxime Nurse

Nobel prize winning British biochemist

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Paul Nurse is a British biochemist who won the Nobel Prize for his groundbreaking research on how cells divide and control their growth. His work has been fundamental to understanding cell biology and has important implications for treating diseases like cancer.

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Works
6

Top works

  • ¿Qué es la vida?
  • ¿Qué es la vida?
  • Control of the Cell Cycle
  • What Is Life?
  • Building for 21st Century Science

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Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK

Sir Paul Maxime Nurse FRS FMedSci HonFREng HonFBA MAE, is an English geneticist, former President of the Royal Society and Chief Executive and Director of the Francis Crick Institute.

Known for

  • Cunk on Life — Self2024
  • Great Minds — Self2021
  • The Big Thinkers — Presenter2016
  • Genius of Britain — Self2010
  • HARDtalk1997
  • Question Time — Self - Panellist1979

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Lifespan
b. 1949
Nationality
GB, XXK, GBR, FR
Role / Field
Geneticists, Genetici, Cytologists, College presidents, Genetycy, Life biology
Language
eng
Gender
Male

Recorded by 23 libraries

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine2001

    “for their discoveries of key regulators of the cell cycle”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Maxime
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Norwich
Occupation
researcher
Languages spoken
English language
Religion
atheism
Academic degree
Doctor of Philosophy
Field of work
genetics
Image
Paul Nurse portrait.jpg
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Commons category
Paul Nurse
date of birth
1949-00-00
Erdős number
4
name in native language
Paul Maxime Nurse
writing language
English language
interested in
genetics
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Encyclopedic overview

Sir Paul Maxime Nurse (born 25 January 1949) is an English geneticist, President of the Royal Society and former Chief Executive and Director of the Francis Crick Institute. He was awarded the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, along with Leland Hartwell and Tim Hunt, for their discoveries of protein molecules that control the division of cells in the cell cycle.

Early life and education

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