Roger Guillemin ( Fr. Roger Charles Louis Guillemin ; born January 11, 1924 , Dijon , France ) was a French-American endocrinologist and Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine of 1977 , which he shared with Andrew Schally .
| Roger guilliman | |
|---|---|
| fr Roger Charles Louis Guillemin | |
| Date of Birth | January 11, 1924 (95 years) |
| Place of Birth | Dijon , France |
| A country |  France ,  USA |
| Scientific field | endocrinology |
| Place of work | Bronx Hospital Veterans Affairs Management |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Known as | brain peptide hormone researcher |
| Awards and prizes |  National Science Medal of the USA ( 1976 )  Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ( 1977 )   |
Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (1974) [1] .
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Biography
Roger Guillemin graduated from the University of Burgundy , then received a medical degree at the University of Lyon in 1949. After that, he moved to the University of Montreal , where he worked with Hans Selye at the Institute of Experimental Medicine and Surgery . There he defended his thesis on the Ph.D. in 1953. After defending his thesis, Giymen received a position at the Baylor Medical College ( Houston ), and from 1970 until retirement in 1989, he worked at San Diego .
Rewards and recognition
- 1974 - International Gairdner Prize , "For outstanding work of the hypothalamic releasing hormones" [2]
- 1975 - Albert Lasker Prize for basic medical research , "For expanding our knowledge of the interplay between the hypothalamus and the endocrine system" [3]
- 1976 - National Medal of the United States of America , "Making a Gland of the Gland," thereby making it possible [2] [4 ]
- 1976 -
- 1977 - Dixon Prize
- 1977 - Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine ,"For the discoveries associated with the secretion of peptide hormones of the brain."
- 1984 - Officer of the Legion of Honor
- 2015 - Commander of the Legion of Honor
Social activities
In 1992 he signed the “ Warning to Humanity ” [5] .
In 2016, he signed a letter calling for Greenpeace , the United Nations and governments around the world to stop the fight against genetically modified organisms ( GMOs ) [6] [7] [8] .
See also
- Somatostatin
Notes
- ↑ Roger Guillemin (English)
- ↑ 1 2 Roger Guillemin - Gairdner Foundation
- ↑ 1975 Lasker Awards | The lasker foundation
- President The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details | NSF - National Science Foundation
- ↑ World Scientists' Warning To Humanity (English) . stanford.edu (18 November 1992). The appeal date is June 25, 2019. Archived December 6, 1998.
- ↑ 107 Nobel laureates sign letter blasting Greenpeace over GMOs
- ↑ Laureates Letter Supporting Precision Agriculture (GMOs)
- ↑ List of Nobel laureates who signed the letter
Links
- Autobiography on the Nobel website (English)
- Salk Institute faculty page (eng.)