Dr. Thomas Weller

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gptkbp:instanceOf Nobel Laureate
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Lasker_Award
gptkbp:birthDate 1915-06-15
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Ann_Arbor,_Michigan
gptkbp:campusFacilities gptkb:Children's_Hospital_Boston
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:collaborations gptkb:John_Enders
gptkb:Frederick_Robbins
gptkb:Jonas_Salk
Albert_Sabin
gptkbp:contribution Vaccine development
gptkbp:deathDate 2008-05-23
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:education gptkb:Harvard_Medical_School
gptkb:University_of_Michigan
gptkbp:fellowship gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:field Virology
gptkbp:fieldOfStudy Medicine
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dr. Thomas Weller
gptkbp:influenced Virology research
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Louis_Pasteur
gptkbp:involved Medical education
Research ethics
Scientific community
Public health initiatives
Vaccine advocacy
gptkbp:knownFor Research on poliovirus
gptkbp:legacy Advancements in medical virology
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notable_recipients gptkb:Frederick_Chapman_Robbins
gptkb:John_Franklin_Enders
gptkbp:notableWork Development of tissue culture techniques
gptkbp:researchContribution Development of vaccines
Isolation of poliovirus
Study of measles virus
Study of mumps virus
Study of rubella virus
gptkbp:researchFocus Viral diseases
gptkbp:researchInterest Tissue culture
gptkbp:spouse Margaret_Weller
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine
gptkbp:yearsActive 1954