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Sydney Brenner

South African-British biologist, Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine 2002 (1927–2019)

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Sydney Brenner was a South African biologist. In 2002, he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with H. Robert Horvitz and Sir John E. Sulston. Brenner made significant contributions to work on the genetic code, and other areas of molecular biology while working in the Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England. He established the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans as a model organism for the investigation of developmental biology, and founded the Molecular Sciences Institute in Berkeley, California, United States.

Quick facts

Born
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Place of birth
Germiston wd
Died
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Place of death
Singapore wd
Citizenship
South Africa, United Kingdom wd
Occupation
biotechnologist, geneticist, university teacher, biologist wd
Education
Exeter College, University of the Witwatersrand, King's College, University of Oxford wd

Awards wd

  • Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1971)
  • Royal Medal (1974)
  • Harvey Prize (1987)
  • Canada Gairdner International Award (1991)
  • Copley Medal (1991)
  • King Faisal Prize in Science (1992)
  • Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2002)
  • March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology (2002)
  • Max Delbrück Medal (1994)
  • Rosenstiel Award (1985)
  • Feldberg Foundation Prize (1983)
  • William Bate Hardy Prize (1968)
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb Award for Distinguished Achievement in Neuroscience Research (1992)
  • Genetics Society of America Medal (1987)
  • Dan David Prize (2002)

Questions

When was Sydney Brenner born?
Sydney Brenner was born on 13 January 1927 in Germiston.
Where did Sydney Brenner study?
Sydney Brenner was educated at Exeter College, University of the Witwatersrand, King's College, University of Oxford.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Sydney Brenner · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q234463 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Sydney Brenner OIST 2008 (33208371153) (cropped).jpg by OIST from Onna Village, Japan (CC BY 2.0)

Last updated · facts checked 4 November 2026

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