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Michael W. Young
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American geneticist, chronobiologist
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- Works
- 6
Top works
- Malinowski Among the Magi: The Natives of Mailu (International Library of Anthropology)
- Magicians of Manumanua
- Routledge Revivals : the Ethnography of Malinowski
- Circadian Rhythms
- Molecular genetics of biological rhythms
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Canada
- Active from
- 1945-11-12
Discography
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Moderated estimation of fold change and dispersion for RNA-seq data with DESeq2
· 2014 · cited 88,540x
- Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles
· 2005 · cited 48,841x
- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 44,835x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 43,600x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 39,556x
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Key facts
- Born
- Michael Warren Young , ( 1949-03-28 ) March 28, 1949 (age 77) , Miami , Florida, U.S.
- Education
- University of Texas, Austin ( BA , PhD )
- Known for
- Circadian rhythms
- Awards
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2017 , Canada Gairdner International Award 2012 , Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences 2013 , Shaw Prize 2013 , Massry Prize 2012 , Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize 2011 , Gruber Prize in Neuroscience 2009
- Fields
- Chronobiology , Biology
- Institutions
- University of Texas, Austin , Stanford University School of Medicine , Rockefeller University
- Thesis
- Non-essential sequences, genes, and the polytene chromosome bands of drosophila melanogaster (1975)
- Doctoral advisor
- Burke Judd
- Doctoral students
- Leslie B. Vosshall
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine2017
“for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm”
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Encyclopedic overview
Michael Warren Young (born March 28, 1949) is an American biologist and geneticist. He has dedicated decades to research studying genetically controlled patterns of sleep and wakefulness within Drosophila melanogaster.
At Rockefeller University, his lab has made significant contributions in the field of chronobiology by identifying key genes associated with regulation of the internal clock responsible for circadian rhythms. He was able to elucidate the function of the period gene, which is necessary for the fly to exhibit normal sleep cycles. Young's lab is also attributed with the discovery of the timeless and doubletime genes, which makes proteins that are also necessary for circadian rhythm. He was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine along with Jeffrey C. Hall and Michael Rosbash "for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm".
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