John Gurdon
1933
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country of citizenship: United Kingdom
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Christ Church, Eton College, Edgeborough School
occupation: biologist, physician, university teacher
award received: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Fellow of the Royal Society, Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research, Copley Medal, Wolf Prize in Medicine, Royal medal, Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize, International Prize for Biology, Rosenstiel Award, Edwin Grant Conklin Medal, Feldberg Foundation, William Bate Hardy Prize, Grand Prix Charles-Leopold Mayer, Croonian Lecture, Novartis Medal and Prize, Harveian Oration, Knight Bachelor, honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Ross G. Harrison Award
official website: www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/research/gurdon
Sir John Bertrand Gurdon (born 2 October 1933) is a British developmental biologist, best known for his pioneering research in nuclear transplantation and cloning. Awarded the Lasker Award in 2009, in 2012, he and Shinya Yamanaka were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be converted to stem cells. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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