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H. Robert Horvitz

American biologist · United States · On the map · Scientists · Born 1947 · age 79

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2018Honorary Doctor of the University of MiamiAward2009Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAward2002Gruber Prize in GeneticsAwardNobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineAward2001Genetics Society of America MedalAward2000Grand Prix Charles-Leopold MayerAwardLouisa Gross Horwitz PrizeAwardMarch of Dimes Prize in Developmental BiologyAwardPaul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter PrizeAward1998Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. PrizeAward1997Rosenstiel AwardAward1996Novartis-Drew AwardAward1988NAS Award in Molecular BiologyAward1986W. Alden Spencer AwardAward1947Born8 May 1947

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Honorary Doctor of the University of Miami2018

Foreign Member of the Royal Society2009

Mendel Medal2007

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine2002

Gruber Prize in Genetics2002

Bristol-Myers Squibb Award for Distinguished Achievement in Neuroscience Research2001

Genetics Society of America Medal2001

Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize2000

Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize2000

March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology2000

Grand Prix Charles-Leopold Mayer2000

Canada Gairdner International Award1999

Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. Prize1998

Rosenstiel Award1997

Novartis-Drew Award1996

Hans Sigrist Prize1994

NAS Award in Molecular Biology1988

W. Alden Spencer Award1986

Harvard Centennial Medal

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Wiley Prize

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Howard Robert Horvitz ForMemRS NAS AAA&S APS NAM is an American biologist whose research on the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans was awarded the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, together with Sydney Brenner and John E. Sulston, whose "seminal discoveries concerning the genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death" were "important for medical research and have shed new light on the pathogenesis of many diseases".

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