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Lee Hartwell

American biologist · United States · On the map · Scientists · Born 1939 · age 87

Leland Harrison "Lee" Hartwell is an American former president and director of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington.

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2001Mendel MedalAwardNobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineAward2000Leopold Griffuel PrizeAwardMassry PrizeAward1998Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical ResearchAwardKomen Brinker Award for Scientific DistinctionAward1996Dickson Prize in ScienceAward1995Keith R. Porter LectureAwardLouisa Gross Horwitz PrizeAward1994Genetics Society of America MedalAward1992Canada Gairdner International AwardAwardRosenstiel AwardAward1991Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. PrizeAward1939Born30 October 1939

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Awards

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine2001
Mendel Medal2001
Massry Prize2000
Leopold Griffuel Prize2000
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research1998
Komen Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction1998
Dickson Prize in Science1996
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize1995
Keith R. Porter Lecture1995
Genetics Society of America Medal1994
Canada Gairdner International Award1992
Rosenstiel Award1992
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. Prize1991

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He shared the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Paul Nurse and Tim Hunt, for their discoveries of protein molecules that control the division (duplication) of cells.

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United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1939 · age 87

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