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J. Michael Bishop
John Michael Bishop was an American immunologist and microbiologist who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Harold E. Varmus. He was a faculty member at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where he also served as chancellor from 1998 to 2009.
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science · American immunologist and microbiologist (1936–2026) · virologist · immunologist · university teacher · oncologist · chemist · microbiologist · physician · also J. Michael Bishop, John Michael Bishop, Michael Bishop, J Michael Bishop, John M. Bishop, John M Bishop
Born 22 February 1936 · Died 20 March 2026 · Q311358
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2020· 1 entry
Bishop received from the UC Berkeley Academic Senate the Clark Kerr Award for distinguished leadership in higher education
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2008· 1 entry
Awarded Foreign Member of the Royal Society (2008).
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2004· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of Harvard University (2004).
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2003· 1 entry
Won National Medal of Science (2003).
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1998· 1 entry
Awarded ASCB Public Service Award (1998).
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1991· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Miami (1991).
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1989· 2 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for their discovery of the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1989).
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1986· 1 entry
Awarded Dickson Prize in Medicine (1986).
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1984· 2 entries
Awarded Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. Prize (1984).
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Awarded Canada Gairdner International Award (1984).
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1982· 1 entry
Awarded Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1982).
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1962· 1 entry
Studied at Harvard Medical School, Doctor of Medicine (1962).
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1936· 1 entry
Born 1936-02-22.
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