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Robert Eric Betzig is an American physicist who works as a professor of physics and professor of molecular and cell biology at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also a senior fellow at the Janelia Farm Research Campus in Ashburn, Virginia.
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Born 13 January 1960 · Q1351105
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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry — for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy.
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“d have a billion dollars and a Nobel Prize. But Betzig was being a bit optimistic. He’s no billionaire and he didn’t win a Nobel prize until Wednesday, at the age of 54. “I failed on both fronts, more spectacularly on one front than the other,”
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Was appointed an Academician of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences by Pope Francis
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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry — for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy.
Awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2014).
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Betzig was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Stefan Hell and William E
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Was offered the Max Delbruck Prize, but he declined it and Xiaowei Zhuang received the award
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Betzig returned to the field of microscopy and founded New Millennium Research in Okemos, Michigan
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When he took up the position of vice president of research and development at Ann Arbor Machine Company, which was partially owned by the Betzig family
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Betzig became frustrated with the academic community and the uncertainty of the corporate structure of Bell Laboratories, prompting him to leave both
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Awarded William O. Baker Award for Initiatives in Research (1993).
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Born 1960-01-13.
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The son of Helen Betzig and engineer Robert Betzig
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