Paul Nurse Scientist

Sir Paul Maxime Nurse, PRS, HonFREng, PhD, (born 25 January 1949), is an English geneticist, President of the Royal Society and Chief Executive and Director of the Francis Crick Institute. He was awarded the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine along with Leland Hartwell and Tim Hunt for their discoveries of protein molecules that control the division (duplication) of cells in the cell cycle.

Personal facts

Paul Nurse
Birth dateJanuary 25, 1949
Birth namePaul Maxime Nurse
Birth place
Norfolk , United Kingdom , Norwich
Nationality
English people
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Education
University of Birmingham
University of East Anglia
Known for
Cell cycle
Cyclin-dependent kinase 1

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Scientist

awards
Albert Einstein World Award of Science
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Copley Medal
doctoral student
Alison Woollard
Field of study
Cell biology
Genetics

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External resources

  1. http://castroller.com/podcasts/TheMothPodcast/1154397
  2. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.467339
  3. http://fora.tv/2010/04/12/Sir_Paul_Nurse_Great_Ideas_of_Biology
  4. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1586404.stm
  5. http://science.cancerresearchuk.org/research/loc/london/lifch/nursep
  6. http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/profile/profile_nurse.shtml
  7. http://www.dur.ac.uk/resources/gsu/ceremonial/congregation/nurse_paul.pdf
  8. http://www.reagent.co.uk/blog/careers-in-science
  9. http://www.rockefeller.edu/about/awards/nobel/pnurse
  10. http://www.rockefeller.edu/research/abstract.php?id=316