Sir Sydney Brenner

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
biologist
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Oxford
gptkb:University_of_the_Witwatersrand
gptkbp:author Loose Ends from Current Biology
My Life in Science
gptkbp:award gptkb:Companion_of_Honour
gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkb:Dan_David_Prize
gptkb:Knight_Bachelor
gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Order_of_the_Companions_of_Honour
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkb:Albert_Lasker_Award_for_Special_Achievement_in_Medical_Science
gptkbp:birthDate 1927-01-13
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Germiston,_South_Africa
gptkbp:children gptkb:Belinda_Brenner
gptkb:Carla_Brenner
gptkb:Stefan_Brenner
gptkbp:citizenship gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:deathDate 2019-04-05
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Singapore
gptkbp:discoveredBy programmed cell death in C. elegans
role of mRNA in protein synthesis
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Cyril_Hinshelwood
gptkbp:field genetics
molecular biology
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Sydney Brenner
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Francis_Crick
gptkb:H._Robert_Horvitz
gptkb:John_Sulston
gptkbp:knownFor work on the genetic code
C. elegans research
co-discovery of messenger RNA
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Pontifical_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:US_National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:South_African
gptkbp:NobelPrizeSharedWith gptkb:H._Robert_Horvitz
gptkb:John_E._Sulston
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
2002
gptkbp:researchOrganism gptkb:Caenorhabditis_elegans
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Singapore
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:May_Brenner
gptkbp:workInstitution gptkb:Salk_Institute_for_Biological_Studies
gptkb:Medical_Research_Council_Laboratory_of_Molecular_Biology
gptkb:Molecular_Sciences_Institute
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:King_Edward_VII_School,_Johannesburg
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7