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Physiology or Medicine (216) |
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Jack (2) |
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Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (84) |
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Dr H.P. Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics (8) |
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Genetics Society of America Medal (7) |
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NAS Award in Molecular Biology (14) |
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Oparin Medal (1) |
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| complete name: |
Jack Szostak |
| nobel prize: |
medicine |
| award year: |
2009 |
| together with: |
Elizabeth Blackburn |
| together with: |
Carol Greider |
| prize share: |
Prize share: 1/3 |
| rational: |
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009 was awarded jointly to Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak "for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase." |
| biography: |
Biography |
| laureate facts: |
Facts |
| laureate lecture: |
Lecture |
| given name: |
Jack |
| family name: |
Szostak |
| occupation: |
physician |
| occupation: |
professor |
| occupation: |
biologist |
| occupation: |
geneticist |
| occupation: |
molecular biologist |
| field of work: |
cytogenetics |
| work location: |
Harvard University, Massachusetts Hall, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States of America |
| description: |
Jack Szostak is a Canadian American biologist of Polish British descent, Nobel Prize laureate, Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and Alexander Rich Distinguished Investigator at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. Szostak has made significant contributions to the field of genetics. His achievement helped scientists to map the location of genes in mammals and to develop techniques for manipulating genes. His research findings in this area are also instrumental to the Human Genome Project. He was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, along with Elizabeth Blackburn and Carol W. Greider, for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres. |
| image copyright: |
© The Nobel Foundation. Photo: U. Montan |
| image citation: |
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2009/summary/> |
| date birth: |
1952 |
| usual name: |
Jack Szostak |
