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Alexander Hamilton Rice Jr. (August 29, 1875 – July 23, 1956) was an American physician, geographer, and explorer of the Amazon Basin. He was a professor of geography at Harvard University from 1929 to 1952.
Oct 5, 2020 · One of Caltech's Distinguished Alumni, virologist Charles M. Rice (PhD '81) receives the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on curing hepatitis C.
Oct 5, 2020 · Born in Sacramento, Calif., in 1952, Rice received his PhD in biochemistry in 1981 from the California Institute of Technology, where he was a postdoctoral research fellow from 1981 to 1985.
In October, Dr. Charles M. Rice awoke to the news that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize – making him the 47 th BSF grantee to become a Nobel laureate. The Rockefeller University virologist shared the prize with fellow scientists Harvey J. Alter of the National Institutes of Health and Michael Houghton of the University of Alberta.
Dr. Rice said they left Cherbourg in May, 1924, and traveled by the Booth Line steamship to Manaos on the Amazon. Because of the revolution in that section of Brazil last Summer the party was delayed and did not get away until August, Dr. Rice said.
Photo: Stefan Bladh. Charles M. Rice. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020. Born: 25 August 1952, Sacramento, CA, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA. Prize motivation: “for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus”. Prize share: 1/3.
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Jun 1, 2021 · A loss for the world’s sea urchins turned into a win for virology research. When Dr. Charles M. Rice, PhD, entered a doctoral program at the California Institute of Technology, he expected to continue his studies on sea urchins. Instead, he was placed in a virology lab, creating a whole new set of interests.
