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Sydney Brenner

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Sydney Brenner

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Also known as S. Brenner, S Brenner

South African biologist, Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine 2002

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Sydney Brenner (1927–2019) was a male scientist specializing in genetics and biology. He held nationalities in South Africa and Great Britain. His professional work included five publications, and he is recognized in collections associated with the Royal Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Nobel Laureates.

Brenner received one Nobel Prize, specifically in the field of Medicine. He is noted for the statement, "I think for the first time we can attack the fundamental biology of man." The scientist had three children and an Erdős number of 4.

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Authority record · VIAF

Lifespan
1927–2019
Nationality
ZA, GB
Role / Field
Scientist, Cientificos, Biologove, Biologos, Genetics, Biology
Language
eng
Gender
Male

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine2002

    “for their discoveries concerning genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Brenner
Gender
male
Citizenship
South Africa
Place of birth
Germiston
Place of death
Singapore
Occupation
biologist
Educated at
University of Oxford
Employer
University of California, Berkeley
Languages spoken
English language
Religion
atheism
Award
Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science
Academic degree
doctorate
Doctoral advisor
Cyril Norman Hinshelwood
Field of work
biology
Image
Sydney Brenner OIST 2008 (33208371153) (cropped).jpg
Number of children
3
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member of
Japan Academy
Erdős number
4
date of birth
1927-01-13
Commons category
Sydney Brenner
date of death
2019-04-05
name in native language
Sydney Brenner
influenced by
Frederick Sanger
interested in
biology
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Encyclopedic overview

Sydney Brenner (13 January 1927 – 5 April 2019) was a South African biologist. In 2002, he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with H. Robert Horvitz and Sir John E. Sulston. Brenner made significant contributions to work on the genetic code, and other areas of molecular biology while working in the Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England. He established the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans as a model organism for the investigation of developmental biology, and founded the Molecular Sciences Institute in Berkeley, California, United States.

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