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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Sydney Brenner canonical 29
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instanceOf Nobel laureate ⓘ
biologist ⓘ
human ⓘ
molecular biologist ⓘ
person ⓘ
academicDegree Bachelor of Science ⓘ
Doctor of Philosophy ⓘ
awardReceived Copley Medal ⓘ
Lasker Award ⓘ
National Science and Technology Medal of Singapore ⓘ
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ
Royal Medal ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship South Africa ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1927-01-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2019-04-05 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Oxford ⓘ
University of the Witwatersrand ⓘ
employer A*STAR, Singapore ⓘ
Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology ⓘ
linked to: MRC LMB

Salk Institute for Biological Studies ⓘ
familyName Brenner ⓘ
fieldOfWork developmental biology ⓘ
genetics ⓘ
molecular biology ⓘ
fullName Sydney Brenner ⓘ
givenName Sydney ⓘ
influenced development of model organism genetics ⓘ
research on apoptosis ⓘ
influencedBy Francis Crick ⓘ
knownFor establishing Caenorhabditis elegans as a model organism ⓘ
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 ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America ⓘ
Royal Society ⓘ
nobelPrizeCategory Physiology or Medicine ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Distinguished Professor at the Salk Institute ⓘ
Senior Fellow at A*STAR ⓘ
sharedNobelPrizeWith H. Robert Horvitz ⓘ
John E. Sulston ⓘ
linked to: John Sulston
workedWith Francis Crick ⓘ
H. Robert Horvitz ⓘ
John E. Sulston ⓘ
linked to: John Sulston

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MRC LMB → notableScientist → Sydney Brenner ⓘ
Lasker Basic Award → notableLaureate → Sydney Brenner ⓘ
Mendel Medal → notableRecipient → Sydney Brenner ⓘ
John Sulston → nobelLaureateWith → Sydney Brenner ⓘ
Max Delbrück Medal → notableRecipient → Sydney Brenner ⓘ
Phage Group → hasMember → Sydney Brenner ⓘ
Gunther Stent → notableStudent → Sydney Brenner ⓘ
Sydney Brenner → fullName → Sydney Brenner ⓘ
Cynthia Kenyon → postdoctoralAdvisor → Sydney Brenner ⓘ
Cynthia Kenyon → influencedBy → Sydney Brenner ⓘ
The Perse School → hasAlumni → Sydney Brenner ⓘ
LMB → hasNotableResearcher → Sydney Brenner ⓘ
LMB → hasNobelLaureate → Sydney Brenner ⓘ
Gruber Genetics Prize → notableRecipient → Sydney Brenner ⓘ
Jonathan Hodgkin → doctoralAdvisor → Sydney Brenner ⓘ
Brenner → hasNotableBearer → Sydney Brenner ⓘ
Seymour Benzer → doctoralStudent → Sydney Brenner ⓘ
H. Robert Horvitz → sharesNobelPrizeWith → Sydney Brenner ⓘ
King Edward VII School, Johannesburg → alumniOf → Sidney Brenner ⓘ
linked to: Sydney Brenner
Rosenstiel Award → notableRecipient → Sydney Brenner ⓘ
Journal of Molecular Biology → foundedBy → Sydney Brenner ⓘ