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David M. Sabatini

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Biologist who discovered mTOR

United StatesAcademicsBorn 1968 · age 58
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David M. Sabatini is an American scientist and a former professor of biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From 2002 to 2021, he was a member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research.

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2019Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
2017Lurie Prize in Biomedical Sciences
2017Dickson Prize in Medicine
2016Clarivate Citation Laureates
2015Breakthroughs in Gerontology Awards
2014NAS Award in Molecular Biology
2009Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research
Sjöberg Prize

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David M. Sabatini is an American scientist and a former professor of biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From 2002 to 2021, he was a member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. He was also an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute from 2008 to 2021 and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2016. He is known for his contributions in the areas of cell signaling and cancer metabolism, most notably the co-discovery of mTOR.

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Born 1968 · age 58
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