H. Robert Horvitz

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H. Robert Horvitz is an American biologist renowned for his pioneering work on the genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death in the nematode C. elegans, for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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instanceOf Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine
biologist
geneticist
human
molecular biologist
awardReceived Gairdner Foundation International Award NERFINISHED
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize NERFINISHED
March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology NERFINISHED
National Medal of Science
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
citizenship American
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
employer Massachusetts Institute of Technology
familyName Horvitz NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork developmental biology
genetics
molecular biology
neurobiology
givenName H. NERFINISHED
Robert
hasResearchModelOrganism Caenorhabditis elegans NERFINISHED
knownFor discoveries concerning genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death
research on Caenorhabditis elegans
languageSpoken English
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Philosophical Society
Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research NERFINISHED
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Biology NERFINISHED
McGovern Institute for Brain Research NERFINISHED
National Academy of Sciences
nobelPrizeCategory Physiology or Medicine NERFINISHED
nobelPrizeFor discoveries concerning genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death
notableWork genetic control of programmed cell death in Caenorhabditis elegans NERFINISHED
genetic regulation of organ development in Caenorhabditis elegans
occupation biologist
university teacher
researchSubject Caenorhabditis elegans NERFINISHED
apoptosis
neural development
organ development
programmed cell death
sexOrGender male
sharesNobelPrizeWith John E. Sulston NERFINISHED
Sydney Brenner NERFINISHED
workLocation Cambridge, Massachusetts

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