Svante Pääbo
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Svante Pääbo is a Swedish geneticist renowned as a founder of paleogenomics, best known for sequencing the Neanderthal genome and advancing the study of human evolution.
Aliases (2)
- Pääbo ×2
- Svante Pääbo (honorary doctorate, not student) ×1
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| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine
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geneticist → human → paleogeneticist → university teacher → |
| academicDegree |
PhD in molecular genetics
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| awardReceived |
Crafoord Prize in Biosciences
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Japan Prize → Leopoldina membership → Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine → Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine → Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research → |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Sweden
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| dateOfBirth |
1955-04-20
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| educatedAt |
Uppsala University
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| employer |
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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| familyName |
Pääbo
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| fieldOfWork |
evolutionary biology
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genetics → molecular biology → paleogenomics → |
| genre |
scientific literature
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| givenName |
Svante
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| hasChild |
daughter
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| influencedField |
anthropology
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human evolutionary studies → |
| knownFor |
ancient DNA analysis
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founding the field of paleogenomics → research on human evolution → sequencing the Neanderthal genome → work on Denisovan hominins → |
| languagesSpoken |
English
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Swedish → |
| memberOf |
German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
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National Academy of Sciences → Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences → |
| name |
Svante Pääbo
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| NobelPrizeCategory |
Physiology or Medicine
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| NobelPrizeMotivation |
discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution
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| NobelPrizeYear |
2022
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| notableDiscovery |
first draft sequence of the Neanderthal genome
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identification of Denisovans as a distinct archaic human group → |
| notableWork |
Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes
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| placeOfBirth |
Stockholm
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| positionHeld |
founding director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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| researchFocus |
comparative genomics of modern humans and archaic hominins
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evolution of human-specific traits → genetic contributions of Neanderthals to modern humans → |
| workLocation |
Leipzig
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Referenced by (9)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Svante Pääbo
("Pääbo")
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Svante Pääbo ("Pääbo") → |
familyName |
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Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes
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author |
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Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes
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describesWorkOf |
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Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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employs |
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Japan Prize
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hasLaureate |
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Uppsala University
("Svante Pääbo (honorary doctorate, not student)")
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hasNotableAlumnus |
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Svante Pääbo
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name |
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Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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notableResearcher |