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Nobel Laureates
Paul Modrich Paul Modrich
2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Current ResearchDNA Mismatch Repair and Genetic Stability
Eric Betzig Eric Betzig
2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Current ResearchPushing the Envelope in Biological Imaging
Randy Schekman

Randy Schekman
2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Current ResearchIntracellular Transport of Proteins

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Thomas Sudhof

Thomas Südhof
2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Current ResearchSynapse Formation and Function

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Robert Lefkowitz

Robert Lefkowitz
2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Current ResearchMolecular Biology of Hormone and Drug Receptors in Health and Disease

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Thomas Steitz

Thomas Steitz
2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Current ResearchStructural Basis of Replication and Gene Expression

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Jack Szostak
2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Current ResearchThe Origins of Cellular Life

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Roger Tsien

Roger Tsien
2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Current ResearchMolecular Engineering Applied to Cell Biology and Neurobiology

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Mario Capecchi

Mario Capecchi
2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Current ResearchGene Targeting, Homeobox Genes, Development, and Behavior

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Craig Mello

Craig Mello
2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Current ResearchRNA Interference and Development in C. elegans

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Linda Buck

Linda Buck
2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Current ResearchMechanisms Underlying the Sense of Smell and Aging

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Richard Axel

Richard Axel
2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Current Research: Internal Representations of the Olfactory World

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Roderick MacKinnon


Roderick MacKinnon
2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Current ResearchStructure and Mechanism of Ion Channels

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H. Robert Horvitz

H. Robert Horvitz                
2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Current ResearchGenetic Control of Nematode Development and Behavior

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Eric Kandel

Eric Kandel
2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Current ResearchCell and Molecular Biological Studies of Memory Storage

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Gunter Blobel

Günter Blobel
1999 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Current ResearchNucleocytoplasmic Traffic

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Eric Wieschaus
1995 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Current ResearchPatterning and Cell Shape Change in Drosophila Development

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Thomas Cech

Thomas Cech
1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Current ResearchTelomerase and Chromosome Ends

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Susumu Tonegawa

Susumu Tonegawa
1987 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Current ResearchLearning and Memory in Genetically Engineered Mice

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