John Gurdon

Prize: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — 2012
for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent
Together with: Shinya Yamanaka

occupation: research scientist
Nobel Prize winner
university teacher
physician
biologist
field of work: developmental biology
educated at: Eton College
Edgeborough School
Christ Church
academic degree: Bachelor of Arts
end time: 1956
Christ Church
academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy
end time: 1960
employer: California Institute of Technology
University of Oxford
University of Cambridge
start time: 2001
work location: Cambridge
member of: Royal Society of London
French Academy of Sciences
National Academy of Sciences
start time: 1980
Academia Europaea
start time: 1991
Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Philosophical Society
start time: 1983
doctoral student: Douglas A. Melton

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