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Sydney Brenner CH FRS FMedSci MAE (13 January 1927 – 5 April 2019) was a South African biologist.In 2002, he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with H. Robert Horvitz and Sir John E. Sulston.
Apr 11, 2019 · A tribute to the South African-born biologist who shared the 2002 Nobel Prize for deciphering the genetics of cell death and development. Learn about his life, achievements, and legacy in molecular biology and biomedical research.
- Errol Friedberg
- 2019
Apr 5, 2019 · Sydney Brenner. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2002. Born: 13 January 1927, Germiston, South Africa. Died: 5 April 2019, Singapore. Affiliation at the time of the award: The Molecular Sciences Institute, Berkeley, CA, USA. Prize motivation: “for their discoveries concerning genetic regulation of organ development and programmed ...
The Nobel Prizes 2002, Editor Tore Frängsmyr, [Nobel Foundation], Stockholm, 2003. This autobiography/biography was written at the time of the award and later published in the book series Les Prix Nobel/ Nobel Lectures / The Nobel Prizes. The information is sometimes updated with an addendum submitted by the Laureate. * Brenner, Sydney.
May 17, 2019 · Sydney Brenner, an icon of science, died on 5 April at age 92. Sydney helped decipher the genetic code, he pioneered the use of Caenorhabditis elegans for genetic analysis, he made us think, and he made us laugh. Sydney was born in Germiston, South Africa, the son of Jewish immigrants. He graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand in ...
- Cynthia Kenyon
- 2019
Apr 26, 2024 · Sydney Brenner (born January 13, 1927, Germiston, South Africa—died April 5, 2019, Singapore) was a South-African born biologist who, with John E. Sulston and H. Robert Horvitz, won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 2002 for their discoveries about how genes regulate tissue and organ development via a key mechanism called programmed cell death, or apoptosis.
Apr 5, 2019 · Brenner was a pioneer of molecular biology who used the worm C. elegans as a model for human-disease research. He also co-discovered messenger RNA and the genetic code of DNA.
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