Sydney Brenner
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Sydney Brenner was a pioneering South African biologist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his foundational work in molecular biology and the use of C. elegans as a model organism.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sydney Brenner canonical | 21 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate
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biologist ⓘ human ⓘ molecular biologist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor of Science
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Doctor of Philosophy ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Copley Medal
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Lasker Award ⓘ National Science and Technology Medal of Singapore ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ Royal Medal ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
South Africa
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1927-01-13 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2019-04-05 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Oxford
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University of the Witwatersrand ⓘ |
| employer |
A*STAR, Singapore
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MRC LMB ⓘ
surface form:
Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Salk Institute for Biological Studies ⓘ |
| familyName | Brenner ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
developmental biology
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genetics ⓘ molecular biology ⓘ |
| fullName | Sydney Brenner self-link ⓘ |
| givenName | Sydney ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of model organism genetics
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research on apoptosis ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Francis Crick ⓘ |
| knownFor |
establishing Caenorhabditis elegans as a model organism
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pioneering work in molecular biology ⓘ studies of organ development and programmed cell death in C. elegans ⓘ work on the genetic code ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Academy of Science of South Africa
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National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
surface form:
National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Royal Society ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeCategory |
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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surface form:
Physiology or Medicine
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| nobelPrizeMotivation | for their discoveries concerning genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeYear | 2002 ⓘ |
| notableWork | development of C. elegans as a model for neural development ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Germiston, South Africa ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Singapore ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Director of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
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Distinguished Professor at the Salk Institute ⓘ Senior Fellow at A*STAR ⓘ |
| sharedNobelPrizeWith |
H. Robert Horvitz
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John Sulston ⓘ
surface form:
John E. Sulston
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| workedWith |
Francis Crick
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H. Robert Horvitz ⓘ John Sulston ⓘ
surface form:
John E. Sulston
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