When was James Rothman born?

James Rothman was born on 3 November 1950 in Haverhill.

Where did James Rothman study?

James Rothman was educated at Harvard Medical School, Pomfret School, Branford College.

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James Rothman

American biologist and Nobel laureate

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James Edward Rothman (born November 3, 1950) is an American biochemist. He is the Fergus F. Wallace Professor of Biomedical Sciences at Yale University, the chairman of the Department of Cell Biology at Yale School of Medicine, and the director of the Nanobiology Institute at the Yale West Campus. Rothman also concurrently serves as adjunct professor of physiology and cellular biophysics at Columbia University and a research professor at the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London.

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Born: 3 November 1950 wd
Place of birth: Haverhill wd
Citizenship: United States wd
Occupation: biochemist, physician, university teacher wd
Education: Harvard Medical School, Pomfret School, Branford College wd
Official website: medicine.yale.edu/profile/james-rothman wd

Awards wd

Heinrich Wieland Prize (1990)
Rosenstiel Award (1993)
honorary doctor of the University of Regensburg (1995)
Canada Gairdner International Award (1996)
King Faisal Prize in Science (1996)
Richard Lounsbery Award (1997)
Dr H.P. Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics (2000)
Otto Warburg Medal (2001)
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (2002)
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (2002)
Clarivate Citation Laureates (2009)
Kavli Prize in Neuroscience (2010)
Massry Prize (2010)
E. B. Wilson Medal (2010)
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2013)

About

Rothman was awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for his work on vesicle trafficking (shared with Randy Schekman and Thomas C. Südhof). He received many other honors including the King Faisal International Prize in 1996, the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University and the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research both in 2002.

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When was James Rothman born?: James Rothman was born on 3 November 1950 in Haverhill.
Where did James Rothman study?: James Rothman was educated at Harvard Medical School, Pomfret School, Branford College.

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