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John Michael Bishop (born February 22, 1936) is an American immunologist and microbiologist who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Harold E. Varmus. [2]
J. Michael Bishop (born February 22, 1936, York, Pennsylvania, U.S.) is an American virologist and cowinner (with Harold Varmus) of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1989 for achievements in clarifying the origins of cancer.
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J. Michael Bishop is University Professor, Director Emeritus of the G.W. Hooper Research Foundation and Chancellor Emeritus at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Michael was born and raised in rural Pennsylvania, and educated at Gettysburg College, Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts General Hospital.
J. Michael Bishop is a distinguished cancer researcher and former chancellor of UCSF. He shares the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Harold Varmus for their discovery of proto-oncogenes.
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Feb 22, 2012 · J. Michael Bishop. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1989. Born: 22 February 1936, York, PA, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA. Prize motivation: “for their discovery of the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes”. Prize share: 1/2.
Learn about the life and achievements of J. Michael Bishop, a Nobel laureate and former chancellor of UCSF. He pioneered the study of retroviruses and oncogenes, and led the expansion of UCSF Mission Bay campus.
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Interview with 1989 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine J. Michael Bishop, 11 May 2004. The interviewer is Peter Sylwan, science writer. Professor Bishop talks about his book ‘How to Win a Nobel Prize’; how most major advances involve breaking rules (4:53); how culture and other forms of understanding are important for science (10:10 ...
