Rudolf Jaenisch
German geneticist · Germany · On the map · Academics · Born 1942 · age 84
Rudolf Jaenisch is a professor of biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a founding member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. He is a pioneer of transgenic science, in which an animal's genetic makeup is altered.
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2016Fellow of the AACR AcademyAward2015March of Dimes Prize in Developmental BiologyAward2014Otto Warburg MedalAward2013Benjamin Franklin MedalAward2011J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in MedicineAwardWolf Prize in MedicineAward2010Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAwardNational Medal of ScienceAward2009Ernst Schering PrizeAward2008Massry PrizeAward2007Vilcek PrizeAward2006Max Delbrück MedalAward2002Robert Koch PrizeAward2001Gruber Prize in GeneticsAward1942Born22 April 1942
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Jaenisch has focused on creating genetically modified mice to study cancer, epigenetic reprogramming and neurological diseases.
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Academics
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Born 1942 · age 84
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