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American developmental biologist

United StatesScientistsBorn 1953 · age 72
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Victor Robert Ambros is an American developmental biologist of Polish descent, who discovered the first known microRNA (miRNA). He is a professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He completed both his undergraduate and doctoral studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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2024Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
2018Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2016March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology
2015Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
2014Wolf Prize in Medicine
2014Gruber Prize in Genetics
2013Keio Medical Science Prize
2012Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research
2009Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
2009Massry Prize
2009Dickson Prize in Medicine
2008Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
2008Benjamin Franklin Medal
2008Canada Gairdner International Award
2008Clarivate Citation Laureates
2006Genetics Society of America Medal
2004Rosenstiel Award
2002Newcomb Cleveland Prize

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Victor Robert Ambros is an American developmental biologist of Polish descent, who discovered the first known microRNA (miRNA). He is a professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He completed both his undergraduate and doctoral studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ambros received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2024 for his research on microRNA.

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United States
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Born 1953 · age 72
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