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Michael Warren Young (born March 28, 1949) is an American biologist and geneticist. He has dedicated over three decades to research studying genetically controlled patterns of sleep and wakefulness within Drosophila melanogaster .
Michael W. Young, Ph.D. Richard and Jeanne Fisher Professor. Cell Biology. Genetics and Genomics. Neurosciences and Behavior. Investigates the genetic regulation of biological clocks that underlie many activities of living organisms. Laboratory of Genetics.
Michael W. Young. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2017. Born: 28 March 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. Life.
Michael W. Young (born March 28, 1949, Miami, Florida) is an American geneticist who contributed to the discovery of molecular mechanisms that regulate circadian rhythm, the 24-hour period of biological activity in humans and other organisms.
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Oct 2, 2017 · Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young were able to peek inside our biological clock and elucidate its inner workings. Their discoveries explain how plants, animals and humans adapt their biological rhythm so that it is synchronized with the Earth’s revolutions.
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Laboratory of Genetics. Michael W. Young. Richard and Jeanne Fisher Professor. Biological Clocks. Mutations in several genes have strong effects on circadian (~24 hour) locomotor activity rhythms of Drosophila. These rhythms can be compared to human sleep/wake cycles.