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Laureate |
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MBL Connection |
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Contribution |
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| 2006 |
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Roger D. Kornberg |
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Faculty: Physiology 1982 |
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For studies of the molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription |
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| 2004 |
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Avram Hershko |
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Corporation Member, Summer Investigator |
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Discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation |
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| 2004 |
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Irwin Rose |
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Alumnus: Embryology |
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Discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation |
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| 2003 |
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Roderick MacKinnon |
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Faculty: Neurobiology 1986-1987 |
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For structural and mechanistic studies of ion channels |
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| 2002 |
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Sydney Brenner |
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Instructor: Physiology 1967-1970 |
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Discoveries concerning genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death |
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| 2002 |
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H. Robert Horvitz |
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Instructor: Physiology 1986; Neurobiology 1982, 1992 |
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Discoveries concerning genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death |
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| 2001 |
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Tim Hunt |
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Corporation Member
Instructor: Physiology & Embryology |
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Discovery of cyclins, a group of proteins that regulated the cell division cycle |
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| 2001 |
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Leland Hartwell |
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Instructor: Physiology |
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Discovery of key regulators of the cell cycle |
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| 2000 |
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Eric Kandel |
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Corporation Member
Investigator |
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Discoveries concerning signal transduction in the nervous system |
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| 2000 |
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Paul Greengard |
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Instructor: Neurobiology |
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Discoveries concerning signal transduction in the nervous system |
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| 1997 |
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Jens C. Skou |
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Researcher |
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Discovery of an ion-transporting enzyme, Na+, K+ -ATPase |
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| 1995 |
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Eric Wieschaus |
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Instructor: Embryology
Student |
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Discoveries concerning "the genetic control of early embryonic development" |
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| 1995 |
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Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard |
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Instructor: Embryology 1983 |
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Discoveries concerning "the genetic control of early embryonic development" |
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| 1991 |
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Bert Sakmann |
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Instructor: Neurobiology |
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Discoveries concerning the function of single ion channels in cells |
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| 1989 |
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Sidney Altman |
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Instructor: Physiology 1980, 1981, 1983 |
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Discovery of catalytic properties of RNA |
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| 1986 |
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Stanley Cohen |
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Instructor: Embryology 1977 |
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Discovery of growth factors |
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| 1983 |
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Barbara McClintock |
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Student (Botany, 1927) |
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Discoveries in genetics |
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| 1981 |
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David Hubel |
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Lecturer |
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Processing of visual information by the brain |
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| 1981 |
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Torsten Wiesel |
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Trustee |
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Discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system |
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| 1980 |
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George D. Snell |
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Investigator
Student |
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Discoveries concerning "genetically determined structures on the cell surface that regulate immunological reactions." |
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| 1980 |
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Paul Berg |
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Library Reader |
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Development of methods to map structure and function of DNA |
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| 1980 |
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Baruj Benacerraf |
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Instructor |
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Identification of histocompatibility antigens and elucidation of their action |
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| 1976 |
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D. Carlton Gajdusek |
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Student |
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Discoveries concerning the origin and new mechanisms for the dissemination of infectious disease |
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| 1975 |
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David Baltimore |
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Corporation Member
Library Reader |
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Interactions between tumor viruses and the genetic material of the cell |
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| 1975 |
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Howard Temin |
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Student |
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Interactions between tumor viruses and the genetic material of the cell |
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| 1974 |
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Albert Claude |
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Researcher |
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Developed methods of separating and analyzing components of the cell |
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| 1970 |
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Bernard Katz |
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Researcher |
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Transmitters in the nerve terminals and the mechanism for their storage |
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| 1969 |
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Max Delbrück |
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Individual Investigator |
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Replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses |
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| 1969 |
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Salvador Luria |
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Corporation Member |
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Replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses |
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| 1967 |
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George Wald |
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Corporation Member |
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Discoveries about chemical and physical visual processes in the eye |
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| 1967 |
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Keffer Hartline |
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Corporation Member |
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Discoveries about chemical and physical visual processes in the eye |
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| 1964 |
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Konrad Bloch |
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Individual Investigator |
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Mechanism and regulation of cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism |
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| 1963 |
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Andrew Huxley |
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Researcher |
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Ionic Involvement in excitation and inhibition in the peripheral and central portions of the nerve |
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| 1963 |
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Alan Hodgkin |
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Individual Investigator |
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Ionic Involvement in excitation and inhibition in the peripheral and central portions of the nerve |
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| 1963 |
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John Eccles |
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Individual Investigator |
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Ionic Involvement in excitation and inhibition in the peripheral and central portions of the nerve |
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| 1962 |
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James Watson |
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Instructor: Physiology |
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Discovery concerning the molecular structure of DNA |
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| 1960 |
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Donald Glaser |
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Student |
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Development of the bubble chamber |
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| 1959 |
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Severo Ochoa |
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Corporation Member |
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Mechanisms in the biological synthesis of RNA and DNA |
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| 1958 |
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Joshua Lederberg |
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Individual Investigator
Corporation Member |
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Genetic recombination and organization of the genetic material of bacteria |
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| 1958 |
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George Beadle |
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Corporation Member |
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Genetic recombination and organization of the genetic material of bacteria |
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| 1955 |
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Axel Theorell |
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Researcher |
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Nature and mode of action of oxidation enzymes |
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| 1954 |
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Thomas H. Weller |
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Faculty: Biology of Parasitism (1980) |
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discovery of the ability of poliomyelitis viruses to grow in cultures of various types of tissue |
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| 1953 |
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Fritz Lipmann |
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Lecturers |
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Coenzyme A and its role in intermediary metabolism |
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| 1952 |
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Selman Waksman |
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Researcher |
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Streptomycin, the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis |
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| 1946 |
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Wendell Stanley |
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Individual Investigator |
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Preparation of enzymes and virus proteins in pure form |
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| 1946 |
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John Northrop |
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Trustee |
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Preparation of enzymes and virus proteins in pure form |
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| 1946 |
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Hermann Muller |
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Corporation Member |
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Production of mutations by x-irradiation |
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| 1944 |
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Isidor Rabi |
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Researcher |
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Resonance method for registration of magnetic properties of atomic nuclei |
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| 1944 |
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Herbert Gasser |
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Corporation Member |
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Research on differentiated function of single nerve fibers |
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| 1937 |
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Albert Szent-Gyorgyi |
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Corporation Member |
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Biological combustion processes, with special reference to vitamin C and fumaric acid catalysis. |
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| 1936 |
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Otto Loewi |
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Corporation Member |
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Discovery relating to the chemical transmission of nerve impulses |
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| 1933 |
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Thomas Morgan |
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Corporation Member |
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Role of the chromosome in heredity |
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| 1931 |
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Otto Warburg |
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Visiting Lecturer |
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Nature and mode of action of the respiratory enzyme |
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| 1922 |
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Otto Meyerhof |
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Library Reader |
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Relationship between consumption of oxygen and metabolism of lactic acid in muscle |
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| 1920 |
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August Krogh |
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Researcher |
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Discovery of capillary motor-regulating mechanism |