Craig Mello Scientist

Craig Cameron Mello (born October 18, 1960) is an American biologist and professor of molecular medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, Massachusetts. He was awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, along with Andrew Z. Fire, for the discovery of RNA interference. This research was conducted at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and published in 1998. Mello has been a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator since 2000.

Personal facts

Birth dateOctober 18, 1960
Birth place
Connecticut , New Haven Connecticut , United States
Nationality
United States
Residence
United States
Education
Brown University
Harvard University
Known for
RNA interference

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Scientist

academic advisor
Susan Gerbi
Frank Rothman
Nelson Fausto
awards
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Field of study
Biologist

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External resources

  1. http://mednews.stanford.edu/releases/2006/october/nobel.html
  2. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2006/mello-lecture.html
  3. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2006/press.html
  4. http://www.beeologics.com
  5. http://www.patentgenius.com/patent/6506559.html
  6. http://www.umassmed.edu/pap/news/MelloPrize.aspx
  7. http://www.umassmed.edu/uploadedfiles/Fire_and_Mello_Nature_1998.pdf