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Andrew Fire
Andrew Zachary Fire is an American biologist and professor of pathology and of genetics at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He was awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, along with Craig C. Mello, for the discovery of RNA interference (RNAi). This research was conducted at the Carnegie Institution of Washington and published in 1998.
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science · American biologist and professor of pathology and genetics · biologist · geneticist · physician · physicist · pathologist · academic · university teacher · also Andrew Fire, Andrew Z. Fire, Andrew Zachary Fire, Andrew Z Fire, Fire
Born 27 April 1959 · Q202152
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Awarded Fellow of the AACR Academy (2014).
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2006· 4 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for their discovery of RNA interference - gene silencing by double-stranded RNA.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2006).
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Awarded Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize (2006).
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Fire and Craig Mello shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work first published in 1998 in the journal Nature
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2005· 4 entries
Awarded Massry Prize (2005).
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Awarded Canada Gairdner International Award (2005).
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Co-recipient (with Craig Mello) of the Gairdner Foundation International Award in 2005
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Co-recipient (with Craig Mello) of the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize in 2006
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2004· 2 entries
Awarded Rosenstiel Award (2004).
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Awarded Dr H.P. Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics (2004).
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2003· 2 entries
Awarded NAS Award in Molecular Biology (2003).
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Elected member National Academy of Sciences in 2004
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2002· 3 entries
Won Genetics Society of America Medal (2002).
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Awarded Meyenburg Prize (2002).
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Co-recipient (with Craig Mello) of National Academy of Sciences Award in Molecular Biology in 2003
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1983· 1 entry
Under the mentorship of Nobel laureate geneticist Phillip Sharp
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1959· 1 entry
Born 1959-04-27.
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