Physiology or Medicine
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1940
Summary
No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was with 1/3 allocated to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section.
moreGeorge Beadle – Biographical
Biographical
George Wells Beadle was born at Wahoo, Nebraska, U.S.A., October 22, 1903, the son of Chauncey Elmer Beadle, a farmer, and his wife Hattie Albro. George was educated at the Wahoo High School and might himself have become a farmer if one of his teachers at school had not directed his mind towards science and…
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François Jacob – Biographical
Biographical
François Jacob was born in June 1920 in Nancy (France). He was the only son of Simon Jacob and Thérèse Franck. After attending the Lycée Carnot in Paris, he began studying medicine at the Faculty of Paris, with the intention of becoming a surgeon. These studies were interrupted by the war. In June 1940, when…
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2004
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2004 Credits and References for the 2004 Nobel Poster for Physiology or Medicine Scientific Advisers, Professors at Karolinska Institutet: Bertil Fredholm, Pharmacology Sten Grillner, Neurophysiology Göran K. Hansson, Medicine, Chair of the Nobel Committee Hans Jörnvall – Physiological Chemistry, Secretary of the Nobel Assembly Urban Lendahl, Genetics Illustrations…
moreCredits and References for the 1997 Physiology or Medicine Nobel Poster
Scientific Advisors: Professors at the Karolinska Institute Krister Kristensson, Neuropathology, Ralf Pettersson, Molecular Biology Bengt Winblad, Geriatrics, Nils Ringertz, Medical Cell Genetics and Secretary of the Nobel Assembly. References: Stanley B Prusiner, The Prion Diseases, Scientific American 272, 30-37 (1995) A.Aguzzi, Prion research: the next frontier. Nature 389, 795-798 (1997). K Kristensson and B. Winblad,…
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