The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2017

Submitted by tushar pramanick on Thu, 12/14/2017 - 17:01

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2017 was awarded jointly to Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young "for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm".

Jeffrey C. Hall

Born: 1945, New York, NY, USA

Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Maine, Maine, ME, USA

Prize motivation: "for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm"

Prize share: 1/3

Michael Rosbash

Born: 1944, Kansas City, MO, USA

Affiliation at the time of the award: Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Prize motivation: "for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm"

Prize share: 1/3

Michael W. Young

Born: 1949, Miami, FL, USA

Affiliation at the time of the award: Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA

Prize motivation: "for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm"

Prize share: 1/3

 

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