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Howard Robert Horvitz ForMemRS NAS AAA&S APS NAM (born May 8, 1947) is an American biologist best known for his research on the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans, [4] [1] for which he was awarded the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, together with Sydney Brenner and John E. Sulston, whose "seminal discoveries concerning the genetic ...
H. Robert Horvitz is a renowned geneticist who studies animal development and behavior using the nematode C. elegans. He is a David H. Koch Professor, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, and a Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine.
H. Robert Horvitz (born May 8, 1947, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.) is an American biologist who, with Sydney Brenner and John E. Sulston, won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 2002 for their discoveries about how genes regulate tissue and organ development via a key mechanism called programmed cell death, or apoptosis.
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Bob Horvitz is a renowned molecular biologist who studies C. elegans and apoptosis. He is also a leader in science education and policy, serving on various boards and committees.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2002 was awarded jointly to Sydney Brenner, H. Robert Horvitz and John E. Sulston "for their discoveries concerning genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death'"
H. Robert Horvitz The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2002. Born: 8 May 1947, Chicago, IL, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA.
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H. Robert Horvitz is a Nobel laureate and a professor of biology at MIT. He studies the genetic and molecular mechanisms of development, behavior, and cell death in the nematode worm C. elegans and their relevance to human diseases.
