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  1. Howard Robert Horvitz ForMemRS NAS AAA&S APS NAM (born May 8, 1947) is an American biologist best known for his research on the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans, [4] [1] for which he was awarded the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, together with Sydney Brenner and John E. Sulston, whose "seminal discoveries concerning the genetic ...

  2. H. Robert Horvitz analyzes the roles of genes in animal development and behavior, gaining insight into human disease. 617-253-4671. Phone. 68-425. Office. horvitz@mit.edu. Email. Building 68 - Koch Biology Building. Location. Lab Website. Sally Shin. Assistant. 617-253-3162. Assistant Phone. Education. PhD, 1974, Harvard University.

  3. Apr 26, 2024 · H. Robert Horvitz (born May 8, 1947, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.) is an American biologist who, with Sydney Brenner and John E. Sulston, 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.

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  4. Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. H. Robert Horvitz. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2002. Born: 8 May 1947, Chicago, IL, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA.

  5. Horvitz received his PhD from Harvard University in 1974, and has been a faculty member at MIT’s Department of Biology since 1978. In 2002 he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering and characterizing genes controlling cell death in the nematode worm C. elegans .

  6. Curriculum Vitae. H. Robert Horvitz, born May 8, 1947. Nationality: American. Address: Department of Biology, Room 68-425, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Academic Education and Appointments. 1972.

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  8. csbphd.mit.edu › faculty › h-robert-horvitzH. Robert Horvitz | csbphd

    H. Robert Horvitz is the David H. Koch Professor of Biology at MIT, an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, a Member of the MIT McGovern Institute for Brain Research and a Member of the MIT Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research. Dr. Horvitz received S.B. degrees in Mathematics and in Economics from MIT in 1968.

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