J. Michael Bishop
American immunologist and microbiologist who specialized in cancer research · United States · On the map · Academics · Lived 1936 to 2026 · aged 90
John Michael Bishop was an American immunologist and microbiologist who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Harold E. Varmus. He was a faculty member at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where he also served as chancellor from 1998 to 2009.
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2026Died20 March 20262008Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAward2004Honorary Doctor of Harvard UniversityAward2003National Medal of ScienceAward1998ASCB Public Service AwardAward1991Honorary Doctor of the University of MiamiAward1989Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineAward1986Dickson Prize in MedicineAward1984Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. PrizeAwardCanada Gairdner International AwardAward1982Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical ResearchAward1936Born22 February 1936
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Academics
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Deceased
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Lived 1936 to 2026 · aged 90
