Renato Dulbecco - Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — 1975
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Renato Dulbecco

Prize
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — 1975
for their discoveries concerning the interaction between tumour viruses and the genetic material of the cell
Citizenship
Kingdom of ItalyKingdom of ItalyUnited StatesUnited StatesItalyItaly
Languages
English, Italian
date of birth
2/22/1914
place of birth
Catanzaro
date of death
2/19/2012
place of death
La Jolla
Lived
97 years
occupation
  • virologist
  • physician
  • biologist
field of work
  • virology
educated at
  • University of Turin
    • academic degree: Doctor of Medicine
    • academic major: anatomy
    • academic major: pathology
    • end time: 1936
employer
  • California Institute of Technology
  • Human Genome Project
  • University of California, San Diego
  • Indiana University
member of
  • Royal Society of London
    • start time: 1974
  • National Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 1961
  • Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
    • start time: 9/24/1968
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
    • start time: 1965
  • American Philosophical Society
    • start time: 1993
  • European Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 2004
doctoral student
  • Susumu Tonegawa
  • John W. Drake
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