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Michael W. Young

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American geneticist, chronobiologist

United StatesAcademicsBorn 1949 · age 77
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Michael Warren Young is an American biologist and geneticist. He has dedicated decades to research studying genetically controlled patterns of sleep and wakefulness within Drosophila melanogaster.

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Period and Timeless proteins bind together to form a stabilized dimer, which allows the two to enter the nucleus. Phosphorylation of period by double-time initiates degradation.Period and Timeless proteins bind together to form a stabilized dimer, which allows the two to enter the nucleus. Phosphorylation of period by double-time initiates degradation.

Awards 6

2017Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
2013Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine
2012Canada Gairdner International Award
2012Massry Prize
2011Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
2009Gruber Prize in Neuroscience

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Michael RosbashAlso won Gruber Prize in NeuroscienceCraig MelloAlso won Massry PrizeRobert LefkowitzAlso won Shaw Prize in Life Science and MedicineRoderick MacKinnonAlso won Louisa Gross Horwitz PrizeJames RothmanAlso won Massry PrizeJeffrey C. HallAlso won Gruber Prize in Neuroscience

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Country
United States
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Academics
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Dates
Born 1949 · age 77
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