The Washington Post: Robin Warren, pathologist who rewrote the science on ulcers, dies at 87
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John Robin Warren was an Australian pathologist, Nobel laureate, and researcher who is credited with the 1979 re-discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori, together with Barry Marshall. The duo proved to the medical community that the bacterium Helicobacter pylori is the cause of most peptic ulcers.
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Born 11 June 1937 · Died 23 July 2024 · Q208670
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The Washington Post: Robin Warren, pathologist who rewrote the science on ulcers, dies at 87
Died 2024-07-23.
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Published “Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2” in Nature Biotechnology — cited 21,047 times.
Awarded Companion of the Order of Australia (2007).
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Awarded Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (2006).
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About Warren and Marshall's road to the Nobel Prize, called "The Winner's Guide to the Nobel Prize"
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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for their discovery of the bacterium <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease.
Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2005).
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Warren and Marshall were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine
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Won Florey Medal (1998).
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Awarded Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize (1997).
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Warren retired from medicine
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Awarded Warren Alpert Foundation Prize (1994).
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Warren was elected to the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia and became a senior pathologist at the Royal Perth Hospital, where he spent the majority of his career
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Warren was appointed Honorary Clinical Assistant in Pathology and Honorary Registrar in Haematology at Royal Adelaide Hospital
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Born 1937-06-11.
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