Back روبرت هورفيتز Arabic روبرت هورفيتز ARZ رابرت هرویتس AZB Роберт Хорвіц Byelorussian এইচ রবার্ট হরভিটস Bengali/Bangla Howard Robert Horvitz Catalan H. Robert Horvitz Czech H. Robert Horvitz German H. Robert Horvitz Spanish Robert Horvitz Estonian

H. Robert Horvitz

H. Robert Horvitz
Born
Howard Robert Horvitz

(1947-05-08) May 8, 1947 (age 77)[2]
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Alma mater
Known forApoptosis research
SpouseMartha Constantine-Paton
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsBiology
InstitutionsMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ThesisModifications of the host RNA polymerase induced by coliphage T4 (1974)
Doctoral advisorsWalter Gilbert
James D. Watson
Notable students
Websiteweb.mit.edu/horvitz/www/

Howard Robert Horvitz ForMemRS NAS AAA&S APS NAM (born May 8, 1947) is an American biologist whose research on the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans[3][1] was awarded the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, together with Sydney Brenner and John E. Sulston, whose "seminal discoveries concerning the genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death" were "important for medical research and have shed new light on the pathogenesis of many diseases".[4]

  1. ^ a b H. Robert Horvitz on Nobelprize.org Edit this at Wikidata, accessed 11 October 2020
  2. ^ Green, David B. (May 8, 2015). "Biologist who discovered death genes' through worm research is born". This Day in Jewish History. Haaretz. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  3. ^ Horvitz, H. Robert (May 30, 2012). "Genetic Control of Nematode Development and Behavior". Our scientists. Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Archived from the original on June 10, 2012. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  4. ^ Press Release, nobelprize.org. Accessed February 28, 2024.

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