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Paul L. Modrich

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American biochemist

United StatesAcademicsBorn 1946 · age 80
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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 Academy
2016North Carolina Award for Public Service
2015Nobel Prize in Chemistry
1998Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Award for Distinguished Contributions to Cancer Research
1996Charles S. Mott Prize
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards

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Born 1946 · age 80
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