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Leroy Hood
Leroy "Lee" Edward Hood
American biologist.
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Leroy Hood
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National Academy of Sciences Member
Google Scholar Author
Sex or Gender
Male
Occupation
Biologist
University Teacher
Biochemist
Scientist
Country of Citizenship
United States
Date of Birth
10/10/1938
Educated At
California Institute of Technology
Johns Hopkins University
Instance Of
Human
Award Received
15 items
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
(1987)
Lemelson–MIT Prize
(2003)
Kistler Prize
(2010)
National Medal of Science
(2011)
Dickson Prize in Medicine
(1988)
National Inventors Hall of Fame
(2007)
Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology
(2002)
Biotechnology Heritage Award
(2004)
Heinz Award
(2006)
Russ Prize
(2011)
IEEE Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology
(2014)
NAS Award for Chemistry in Service to Society
(2017)
Clarivate Citation Laureates
(2019)
Howard Taylor Ricketts Prize
(1980)
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards
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Languages Spoken, Written or Signed
Notable Work
University of Washington
California Institute of Technology
Institute for Systems Biology
National Academy of Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
European Molecular Biology Organization
National Academy of Medicine
National Academy of Engineering
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Physical Society
Leroy
William J. Dreyer
Missoula
Biotechnology
Genomics
Immunology
Biology
Biochemistry
Genetics
Molecular Biotechnology
Hood
English
The Code of Codes: Scientific and Social Issues in the Human Genome Project
Subject Has Role
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Editor
Point in Time
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1987
Point in Time
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2003
Point in Time
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2010
Point in Time
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2011
Point in Time
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1988
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2007
Point in Time
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2002
Point in Time
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2004
Point in Time
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2006
Award Rationale
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for automating DNA sequencingthat revolutionized biomedicine and forensic science.
Country of Citizenship
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United States
Point in Time
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2011
Point in Time
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2014
Award Rationale
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For his invention, commercialization and development of multiple chemical tools that address biological complexity, including the automated DNA sequencer that spearheaded the human genome project.
Point in Time
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2017
Award Rationale
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"for contributions to protein and DNA sequencing and synthesis."
Field of Work
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Chemistry
Point in Time
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2019
Point in Time
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1980
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