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H. Robert Horvitz
H. Robert Horvitz is an American biologist best known for his research on the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans. He is currently at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he is Professor of Biology and a member of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research . He is also an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Horvitz shared the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Sydney Brenner and John Sulston.
See also
- Apoptosis, especially the section on "History and highlights in apoptosis research" (Apoptosis#History and highlights in apoptosis research)
External links
- H. Robert Horvitz - Faculty research description at MIT
- H. Robert Horvitz - Investigator page at HHMI
- H. Robert Horvitz - Curriculum Vitae
- H. Robert Horvitz - Autobiography
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