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Sydney Brenner

S. Brenner

South African biologist, Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine 2002.

Statements about Sydney Brenner

Sex or Gender

Male

Occupation

Biotechnologist
Geneticist
University Teacher
Biologist

Member Of

Royal Society
 (1965 - )
Start Time
: 1965
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
French Academy of Sciences
National Academy of Sciences
 (1977 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences
Start Time
: 1977
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
European Molecular Biology Organization
Academia Europaea
 (1989 - )
Affiliation
:
AE Section Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Start Time
: 1989
American Philosophical Society
 (1979 - )
Start Time
: 1979
Japan Academy
 (3/12/2007 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Honorary Member
Start Time
: 3/12/2007

Place of Birth

Germiston
Country
:
South Africa

Country of Citizenship

South Africa
United Kingdom

Date of Birth

1/13/1927

Educated At

Exeter College
University of the Witwatersrand
King's College
University of Oxford
Academic Degree
:
Doctor of Philosophy

Instance Of

Human

Image

Given Name

Sydney

Academic Degree

Doctorate

Doctoral Advisor

Cyril Norman Hinshelwood

Employer

University of Cambridge
University of California, Berkeley

Field of Work

Biology

Family Name

Brenner

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English

Date of Death

4/5/2019

Place of Death

Singapore

Name in Native Language

Sydney Brenner

Number of Children

3

Religion or Worldview

Atheism

Influenced By

Frederick Sanger

Described by Source

Medvik
Subject Named As
:Brenner, Sydney, 1927-
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:bug2: http://wikiba.se/ontology#Url

Award Received

35 items
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
 (1971)
Point in Time
: 1971
Royal Medal
 (1974)
Point in Time
: 1974
Harvey Prize
 (1987)
Country of Citizenship
:
United Kingdom
Award Rationale
: Contributions to molecular biology, in particular the invention of negative staining electron microscopy, his work on bacterial genetics and the solution of the genetic code, and his foundation of the field of nematode molecular genetics.
Point in Time
: 1987
Canada Gairdner International Award
 (1991)
Point in Time
: 1991
Copley Medal
 (1991)
Award Rationale
: In recognition of his many contributions to molecular genetics and developmental biology, and his recent role in the Human Genome mapping project.
Point in Time
: 1991
King Faisal International Prize in Science
 (1992)
Point in Time
: 1992
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
 (2002)
Award Rationale
: for their discoveries concerning genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death'
Award Rationale
: för deras upptäckter rörande genetisk reglering av organutveckling och programmerad celldöd
Together With
:
H. Robert Horvitz
Together With
:
John Sulston
Point in Time
: 2002
Prize Money
: 3,333,333 Swedish krona
March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology
 (2002)
Point in Time
: 2002
Max Delbrück Medal
 (1994)
Point in Time
: 1994
Rosenstiel Award
 (1985)
Point in Time
: 1985
Feldberg Foundation Prize
 (1983)
Point in Time
: 1983
William Bate Hardy Prize
 (1969)
Point in Time
: 1969
Bristol-Myers Squibb Award for Distinguished Achievement in Neuroscience Research
 (1992)
Point in Time
: 1992
Genetics Society of America Medal
 (1987)
Point in Time
: 1987
Dan David Prize
 (2002)
Point in Time
: 2002
Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology
 (1990)
Point in Time
: 1990
Grand Prix Charles-Leopold Mayer
 (1975)
Point in Time
: 1975
Sir Hans Krebs Medal
 (1980)
Point in Time
: 1980
Croonian Medal and Lecture
 (1986)
Point in Time
: 1986
Portland Press Excellence in Science Award
 (1980)
Point in Time
: 1980
Honorary Doctorate of the University of Porto
 (4/30/2003)
Point in Time
: 4/30/2003
King Faisal International Prize in Medicine
John Innes Centre Haldane Lecture
 (2003)
Point in Time
: 2003
Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
Gold Order of Mapungubwe
 (2004)
Point in Time
: 2004
Baly Medal
 (2007)
Point in Time
: 2007
Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry
Honorary Doctorate of Pompeu Fabra University
 (2014)
Point in Time
: 2014
Fellow of the Royal Society
Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine
 (1987)
Point in Time
: 1987
Gregor Mendel Medal
 (1970)
Point in Time
: 1970
Mendel Medal
 (1970)
Point in Time
: 1970
Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science
 (2000)
Point in Time
: 2000
Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun
 (2017)
Point in Time
: 2017
Honorary Member of the British Biophysical Society

Interested In

Biology
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