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Nobel Laureates

Robert Lefkowitz
2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Current ResearchMolecular Biology of Hormone and Drug Receptors in Health and Disease
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Brian Kobilka
2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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Bruce Beutler
2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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Thomas Steitz

Thomas Steitz
2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Current ResearchStructural Basis of Replication and Gene Expression
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Jack Szostak
2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Current ResearchThe Origins of Cellular Life
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Roger Tsien


Roger Tsien
2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Current ResearchMolecular Engineering Applied to Cell Biology and Neurobiology
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Mario Capecchi


Mario Capecchi
2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Current ResearchGene Targeting, Homeobox Genes, Development, and Behavior
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Craig Mello


Craig Mello
2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Current ResearchRNA Interference and Development in C. elegans
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Linda Buck


Linda Buck
2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Current ResearchMechanisms of Olfaction and Aging
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Richard Axel


Richard Axel
2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Current ResearchRepresentations of Olfactory Information in the Brain
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Roderick MacKinnon


Roderick MacKinnon
2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Current ResearchStructure and Mechanism of Ion Channels
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H. Robert Horvitz


H. Robert Horvitz                
2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Current ResearchGenetic Control of Nematode Development and Behavior
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Eric Kandel


Eric Kandel
2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Current ResearchCell and Molecular Biological Studies of Memory Storage
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Gunter Blobel


Günter Blobel
1999 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Current ResearchNucleocytoplasmic Traffic
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Stanley Prusiner
1997 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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Eric Wieschaus
1995 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Current ResearchPatterning and Cell Shape Change in Drosophila Development
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Hans Krebs
1992 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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Thomas Cech


Thomas Cech
1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Current ResearchTelomerase and Chromosome Ends
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Johann Deisenhofer
1988 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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Susumu Tonegawa


Susumu Tonegawa
1987 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Current ResearchLearning and Memory in Genetically Engineered Mice
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Daniel Nathans
1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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