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Paul L. Modrich

American biochemist · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1946 · age 80

Paul Lawrence Modrich is an American biochemist, James B. Duke Professor of Biochemistry at Duke University and Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He is known for his research on DNA mismatch repair. Modrich received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015, jointly with Aziz Sancar and Tomas Lindahl.

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2017Fellow of the AACR AcademyAward2016North Carolina Award for Public ServiceAward2015Nobel Prize in ChemistryAward1998Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Award for Distinguished Contributions to Cancer ResearchAward1996Charles S. Mott PrizeAward1946Born13 June 1946

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Fellow of the AACR Academy2017
North Carolina Award for Public Service2016
Nobel Prize in Chemistry2015
Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Award for Distinguished Contributions to Cancer Research1998
Charles S. Mott Prize1996
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards

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Category
Academics
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Academic
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Born 1946 · age 80

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