J. Michael Bishop

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J. Michael Bishop is an American immunologist and microbiologist who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes, fundamentally advancing cancer biology.


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instanceOf Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine
cancer researcher
human
immunologist
microbiologist
awardReceived Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
National Medal of Science
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1936-02-22
educatedAt Gettysburg College
Harvard Medical School
employer University of California, San Francisco
familyName Bishop
fieldOfWork cancer biology
immunology
microbiology
oncology
virology
givenName John
hasAcademicTitle professor
hasDoctoralDegreeFrom Harvard University
hasWrittenWork How to Win the Nobel Prize: An Unexpected Life in Science
influencedDiscipline cancer genetics
molecular oncology
knownFor discovering the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes
work on oncogenes and cancer development
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
name J. Michael Bishop
nobelPrizeCategory Physiology or Medicine
nobelPrizeMotivation for the discovery of the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes
nobelPrizeYear 1989
occupation immunologist
microbiologist
university teacher
placeOfBirth York, Pennsylvania, United States
positionHeld Chancellor of the University of California, San Francisco
researchContribution demonstrated that oncogenes are derived from normal cellular genes (proto-oncogenes)
showed that retroviruses can activate cellular proto-oncogenes to cause cancer
sexOrGender male
sharesNobelPrizeWith Harold E. Varmus
workInstitution University of California, San Francisco


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