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Randy Schekman

Nobel prize winning American cell biologist

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Randy Wayne Schekman is an American cell biologist at the University of California, Berkeley, former editor-in-chief of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and former editor of Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology. In 2011, he was announced as the editor of eLife, a new high-profile open-access journal published by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Max Planck Society and the Wellcome Trust, launching in 2012. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1992. Schekman shared the 2013 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with James Rothman and Thomas C. Südhof for their ground-breaking work on cell membrane vesicle trafficking.

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Born
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Place of birth
Saint Paul wd
Citizenship
United States wd
Occupation
biochemist, physician, university teacher wd
Education
Stanford University, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Edinburgh, Western High School wd

Awards wd

  • Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2013)
  • Guggenheim Fellowship
  • Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (2002)
  • Canada Gairdner International Award (1996)
  • Otto Warburg Medal (2013)
  • Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (2002)
  • Dickson Prize in Medicine (2008)
  • Massry Prize (2010)
  • Rosenstiel Award (1993)
  • E. B. Wilson Medal (2010)
  • Keith R. Porter Lecture (2005)
  • Foreign Member of the Royal Society (2013)
  • Van Deenen Medal (2007)
  • Clarivate Citation Laureates (2009)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2007)

Questions

When was Randy Schekman born?
Randy Schekman was born on 30 December 1948 in Saint Paul.
Where did Randy Schekman study?
Randy Schekman was educated at Stanford University, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Edinburgh, Western High School.

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  1. Wikipedia (English): Randy Schekman · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q740638 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Randy Shekman 01.JPG by Bengt Oberger (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Last updated · facts checked 5 November 2026

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