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Peter Walter

German-American biochemist and molecular biologist · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1954 · age 71

Peter Walter is a German-American molecular biologist and biochemist. He is currently the Director of the Bay Area Institute of Science at Altos Labs and an emeritus professor at the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).

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2018Van Deenen MedalAward2015Clarivate Citation LaureatesAwardVilcek PrizeAward2014Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical ResearchAwardShaw Prize in Life Science and MedicineAward2012Ernst Jung Prize for MedicineAwardPaul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter PrizeAward2011Otto Warburg MedalAward2009Canada Gairdner International AwardAwardE. B. Wilson MedalAward1954Born5 December 1954

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Van Deenen Medal2018
Vilcek Prize2015
Clarivate Citation Laureates2015
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research2014
Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine2014
Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize2012
Ernst Jung Prize for Medicine2012
Otto Warburg Medal2011
Canada Gairdner International Award2009
E. B. Wilson Medal2009
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
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He was a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigator until 2022.

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Born 1954 · age 71