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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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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Lasker Basic Award notableLaureate Sydney Brenner
Mendel Medal notableRecipient Sydney Brenner
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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