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Paul Nurse
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Person

Paul Nurse

b. 1949

Nobel prize winning British biochemist

Born
25 Jan 1949 · Norwich

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 89 years
  1. 25 Jan 1949BornBorn in Norwich
  2. 1987AwardEMBO Membership
  3. 1990AwardMarjory Stephenson Prize
  4. 1991AwardFeldberg Foundation Prize
  5. 1991AwardPortland Press Excellence in Science Award
  6. 1992AwardCanada Gairdner International Award
  7. 1992AwardLouis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine
  8. 1992AwardRosenstiel Award
  9. 1995AwardRoyal Medal
  10. 1996AwardDr H.P. Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics
  11. 1997AwardAlfred P. Sloan, Jr. Prize
  12. 1998AwardAlbert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
  13. 1999AwardKnight Bachelor
  14. 2010 – 2015RolePresident of the Royal Society
  15. 2017RoleChancellor of the University of Bristol

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1949 – today).

  1. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  2. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  3. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  4. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  5. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  6. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  7. 1956Suez Crisis
  8. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  9. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  10. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  11. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  12. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  13. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  14. 1968Prague Spring
  15. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  16. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  17. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  18. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  19. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  20. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  21. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  22. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  23. 1985Schengen Agreement
  24. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  25. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  26. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  27. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  28. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  29. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  30. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  31. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  32. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  33. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  34. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  35. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  36. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  37. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  38. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  39. 20112011 Norway attacks
  40. 2011Libyan civil war

Biography

Sir Paul Maxime Nurse (born 25 January 1949) is an English geneticist, President of the Royal Society and former 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 of cells in the cell cycle.

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