Sydney Brenner
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Sydney Brenner was a pioneering South African biologist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his foundational work in molecular biology and the use of C. elegans as a model organism.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sydney Brenner canonical | 21 |
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Target entity: Sydney Brenner Context triple: [University of the Witwatersrand, hasAlumnus, Sydney Brenner]
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John Sulston
John Sulston was a British biologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the genetics and cell lineage of the nematode C. elegans and for his leadership in the Human Genome Project.
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J. Michael Bishop
J. Michael Bishop is an American immunologist and microbiologist who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes, fundamentally advancing cancer biology.
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Phillip A. Sharp
Phillip A. Sharp is an American molecular biologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his discovery of RNA splicing and his long-standing research and leadership at MIT.
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Max Delbrück
Max Delbrück was a German-American biophysicist and Nobel Prize–winning pioneer of molecular genetics whose work on bacteriophages helped establish the foundations of modern molecular biology.
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Severo Ochoa
Severo Ochoa was a Spanish-American biochemist and molecular biologist who won the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the synthesis of RNA.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Sydney Brenner Target entity description: Sydney Brenner was a pioneering South African biologist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his foundational work in molecular biology and the use of C. elegans as a model organism.
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John Sulston
John Sulston was a British biologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the genetics and cell lineage of the nematode C. elegans and for his leadership in the Human Genome Project.
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B.
J. Michael Bishop
J. Michael Bishop is an American immunologist and microbiologist who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes, fundamentally advancing cancer biology.
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C.
Phillip A. Sharp
Phillip A. Sharp is an American molecular biologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his discovery of RNA splicing and his long-standing research and leadership at MIT.
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D.
Max Delbrück
Max Delbrück was a German-American biophysicist and Nobel Prize–winning pioneer of molecular genetics whose work on bacteriophages helped establish the foundations of modern molecular biology.
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E.
Severo Ochoa
Severo Ochoa was a Spanish-American biochemist and molecular biologist who won the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the synthesis of RNA.
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Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate
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biologist ⓘ human ⓘ molecular biologist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor of Science
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Doctor of Philosophy ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Copley Medal
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Lasker Award ⓘ National Science and Technology Medal of Singapore ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ Royal Medal ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
South Africa
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1927-01-13 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2019-04-05 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Oxford
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University of the Witwatersrand ⓘ |
| employer |
A*STAR, Singapore
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MRC LMB ⓘ
surface form:
Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Salk Institute for Biological Studies ⓘ |
| familyName | Brenner ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
developmental biology
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genetics ⓘ molecular biology ⓘ |
| fullName | Sydney Brenner self-link ⓘ |
| givenName | Sydney ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of model organism genetics
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research on apoptosis ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Francis Crick ⓘ |
| knownFor |
establishing Caenorhabditis elegans as a model organism
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pioneering work in molecular biology ⓘ studies of organ development and programmed cell death in C. elegans ⓘ work on the genetic code ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Academy of Science of South Africa
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National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
surface form:
National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Royal Society ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeCategory |
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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surface form:
Physiology or Medicine
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| nobelPrizeMotivation | for their discoveries concerning genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeYear | 2002 ⓘ |
| notableWork | development of C. elegans as a model for neural development ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Germiston, South Africa ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Singapore ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Director of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
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Distinguished Professor at the Salk Institute ⓘ Senior Fellow at A*STAR ⓘ |
| sharedNobelPrizeWith |
H. Robert Horvitz
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John Sulston ⓘ
surface form:
John E. Sulston
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| workedWith |
Francis Crick
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H. Robert Horvitz ⓘ John Sulston ⓘ
surface form:
John E. Sulston
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