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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Physiology or Medicine (216) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1970s (104) 1977 (11) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1920s (114) 1924 (10) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, western (207) France (55) Dijon (1) 18. Living Winners 18. Living Winners Alive (292) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name L-R (240) R (80) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name E-K (239) G (47) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name L-R (156) R (59) Roger (6) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 50 - 59 (231) 54 (21) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations (70) Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners (69) Physicians (65) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, western (223) France (60) 39. Worked for Medical Organization 39. Worked for Medical Organization North America (25) United States (25) Western states (9) California (6) San Diego (1) Salk Institute for Biological Studies (1) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, western (390) France (92) Paris (73) Collège de France (21) Short-term academic staff (10) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) Académie Nationale de Médecine (34) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) E-P (571) F (89) French Academy of Sciences (89) N (352) National Academy of Sciences (334) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards A-B (362) A (285) Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (84) C-D (404) C (272) Commander of the Legion of Honour (18) D (194) Dickson Prize in Medicine (14) doctor honoris causa (31) G-H (389) G (254) Gairdner Foundation International Award (89) M-N (333) N (205) National Medal of Science (101) Q-Z (398) W (157) Women in Technology Hall of Fame (6) complete name: Roger Guillemin nobel prize: medicine award year: 1977 together with: Rosalyn Sussman Yalow together with: Andrew Schally prize share: Prize share: 1/2 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1977 was divided, one half jointly to Roger Guillemin and Andrew V. Schally "for their discoveries concerning the peptide hormone production of the brain" and the other half to Rosalyn Yalow "for the development of radioimmunoassays of peptide hormones." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Roger family name: Guillemin occupation: physician occupation: university teacher occupation: biochemist occupation: neuroscientist description: Roger Guillemin received the National Medal of Science in 1976, and the Nobel prize for medicine in 1977 for his work on neurohormones, sharing the prize that year with Andrew Schally and Rosalyn Sussman Yalow. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1977. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1977/summary/> date birth: 1924 usual name: Roger Guillemin