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Also Known As Carl R. Woese • Carl Richard Woese
Born July 15, 1928 • Syracuse • New York
Died December 30, 2012 (aged 84) • Urbana • Illinois
Awards And Honors National Medal of Science (2000)
Subjects Of Study archaea
Charles Yanofsky
American geneticist
Lynn Margulis
American biologist
Susan L. Lindquist
American molecular biologist
Matthew Meselson
American biologist
Maurice Hilleman
American microbiologist
Albert Bruce Sabin
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Smith, Hamilton O.
Hamilton O. Smith
American biologist
Selman Abraham Waksman, 1968.
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Alexander, Hattie Elizabeth
Hattie Elizabeth Alexander
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John Franklin Enders
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René Dubos
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Maclyn McCarty
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Daniel Nathans
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Theiler, Max
Max Theiler
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Thomas Francis, Jr.
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Richard Henderson
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Robert J. Lefkowitz.
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Elizabeth Blackburn
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