Rudolf Jaenisch
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 82 |
Date of birth | April 22,1942 |
Zodiac sign | Taurus |
Born | Miedzygorze |
Poland | |
Residence | Germany |
United States | |
Fields | Biochemistry |
Genetics | |
Medicine | |
Academic advisor | Arnold J. Levine |
Awards | National Medal of Science for Biological Sciences |
Robert Koch Medal and Award | |
Otto Warburg Medal | |
Massry Prize | |
Ernst Schering Prize | |
March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology | |
Wolf Prize in Medicine | |
Education | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |
Books | The Harvey Lectures |
Known for | Epigenetics |
Nationality | American |
German | |
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ID | 681516 |
Rudolf Jaenisch Life story
Rudolf Jaenisch is a Professor of Biology at MIT and a founding member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. He is a pioneer of transgenic science, in which an animal’s genetic makeup is altered. Jaenisch has focused on creating genetically modified mice to study cancer and neurological diseases.