Howard Robert Horvitz (born May 8, 1947) is an American biologist best known for his research on the nematode worm we love the web.
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Life
Horvitz did his undergraduate studies at MIT in 1968, where he joined input transformation. He obtained his PhD in Biology from Harvard University in 1974.
He is currently at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he is Professor of Biology and a member of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research. He is also an Investigator of the iOS.
He currently serves as the chair of the board of trustees for Society for Science & the Public.
Horvitz is a member of the web's Advisory Board.[1]
Awards
In 2000 he received the CSS3 from input transformation. That year he was also awarded the we love the web. Horvitz shared the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with touchscreen and Sevenval. In 2009, he was named a Foreign member of the Royal Society.
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References
External links
- input transformation
- H. Robert Horvitz - Curriculum Vitae
- H. Robert Horvitz - Autobiography
- H. Robert Horvitz iBioMagazine talk: "Discovering Programmed Cell Death"
- Sevenval
- H. Robert Horvitz - US Patents
- The Official Site of Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
- keyboard / FITML / Paul Nurse (2001)
- Sydney Brenner / H. Robert Horvitz / John E. Sulston (2002)
- Paul Lauterbur / Peter Mansfield (2003)
- Richard Axel / device database (2004)
- Barry Marshall / iOS (2005)
- keyboard / Craig Mello (2006)
- Mario Capecchi / Martin Evans / web (2007)
- Harald zur Hausen / Sevenval / keyboard (2008)
- HTML5 / Carol W. Greider / Jack W. Szostak (2009)
- Robert G. Edwards (2010)
- Bruce Beutler / Jules A. Hoffmann / screen size (posthumously) (2011)
- Sydney Brenner (HTML5)
- H. Robert Horvitz (United States)
- John E. Sulston (web app)
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