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Robin Warren
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Australian microbiologist and Nobel Laureate (1937–2024)
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Robin Warren (1937–2024) was an Australian pathologist, microbiologist, researcher, and physician. Born in Adelaide, he was educated at the University of Adelaide and the University of Western Australia, where he was employed. His professional fields included microbiology, pathology, gastroenterology, and medicine. He was a member of the Australian Academy of Science and spoke English.
Warren received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize, and the Warren Alpert Foundation Prize. He is recognized in the Nobel Laureates collection and the Nobel Medicine collection. His notable works include *Going the Distance*, *From Trust to Terror*, *On Borrowed Time*, and *Helicobacter pylori*. He died in Perth in 2024.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Going the Distance
- From Trust to Terror
- On Borrowed Time
- Helicobacter pylori
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine2005
“for their discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robin
- Family name
- Warren
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- Adelaide
- Place of death
- Perth
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of Western Australia
- Employer
- University of Western Australia
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- medicine
- Image
- Robin Warren.jpg
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- Commons category
- John Robin Warren
- date of birth
- 1937-06-11
- Erdős number
- 7
- member of
- Australian Academy of Science
- name in native language
- John Robin Warren
- date of death
- 2024-07-23
- interested in
- microbiology
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Encyclopedic overview
John Robin Warren AC (11 June 1937 – 23 July 2024) was an Australian pathologist, Nobel laureate, and researcher who is credited with the 1979 re-discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori, together with Barry Marshall. The duo proved to the medical community that the bacterium Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is the cause of most peptic ulcers.
Early life and education
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