Robert Horvitz(1947)
Howard Robert Horvitz ForMemRS NAS AAA&S APS NAM is an American biologist whose research on the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans was awarded the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, together with Sydney Brenner and John E. Sulston, whose "seminal discoveries concerning the genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death" were "important for medical research and have shed new light on the pathogenesis of many diseases".
Awards & Recognition
Most Cited Works
Top publications by citation countThree proteins involved in Caenorhabditis elegans vulval invagination are similar to components of a glycosylation pathway.
Rapid Communication: Cu/Zn Superoxide Dismutase Activity in Familial and Sporadic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
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View all worksThree proteins involved in Caenorhabditis elegans vulval invagination are similar to components of a glycosylation pathway.
Rapid Communication: Cu/Zn Superoxide Dismutase Activity in Familial and Sporadic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Career History
Researcher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, US
Researcher
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Chevy Chase, US
Education
Harvard University
Ph.D.
Biology
1974
Harvard University
M.A.
Biology
1972
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
S.B.
Economics
1968
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
S.B.
Mathematics
1968
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