Arthur L. Horwich
American biologist (born 1951) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Arthur L. Horwich (born 1951) is an American biologist and Sterling Professor of Genetics and Pediatrics at the Yale School of Medicine.[2][3] Horwich has also been a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator since 1990.[4] His research into protein folding uncovered the action of chaperonins, protein complexes that assist the folding of other proteins; Horwich first published this work in 1989.[5][6]
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Born | 1951 (age 72ā73) |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Brown University |
Known for | uncovering chaperonin action |
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Fields | Biology |
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Notable students | Tapan K. Chaudhuri[1] |
For his scientific work Horwich has been awarded the Gairdner International Award (2004), Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (2008), Lasker Award (2011),[7] Shaw Prize (2012), Albany Medical Center Prize (2016), and Breakthrough Prize (2020). He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[8][9]