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Randy went on to get a masters in Math from Rice University and completed his PhD in Math with the graph theorist Michael Henning at the University of Johannesburg. So many people experience failure in mathematics and come away with an attitude that they can’t do math.
After earning a doctoral degree in 1981, Rice remained at Caltech as a postdoctoral fellow. His deduction of the genome of the virus that causes yellow fever led to the establishment of the flavivirus family, which later included viruses that cause West Nile fever and dengue.
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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.
Rice graduated Phi Beta Kappa [7] with a B.S. in zoology from University of California, Davis, in 1974. In 1981, he received his Ph.D. in biochemistry from the California Institute of Technology, where he studied RNA viruses in the laboratory of James Strauss. [8]
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.
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 · 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.
