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Also Known As cell biology

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Lancelot Thomas Hogben
English scientist
Lynn Margulis
American biologist
Ralph M. Steinman.
Ralph M. Steinman
Canadian immunologist and cell biologist
Günter Blobel
German-American scientist
John Gurdon
John Gurdon
British biologist
Rothman, James E.
James E. Rothman
American biochemist and cell biologist
Schekman, Randy W.
Randy W. Schekman
American biochemist and cell biologist
Stevens, Nettie
Nettie Stevens
American biologist and geneticist
Camillo Golgi
Camillo Golgi
Italian physician and cytologist
Horvitz, H. Robert
H. Robert Horvitz
American biologist
Torbjörn Oskar Caspersson
Swedish cytologist and geneticist
Beneden, Edouard van
Edouard van Beneden
Belgian embryologist and cytologist
Albert Claude
Belgian cytologist
Brenner, Sydney
Sydney Brenner
South African-born biologist
Christian René de Duve
Belgian biochemist
Strasburger, Eduard Adolf
Eduard Adolf Strasburger
German cytologist
George E. Palade
Romanian-born American cell biologist
Keith Roberts Porter
American biologist
Leland H. Hartwell
American scientist
Tim Hunt
British scientist

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