H. Robert Horvitz

H. Robert Horvitz
H. Robert Horvitz
	Horvitz in 2003
Born	Howard Robert Horvitz; May 8, 1947; Chicago, Illinois, US
Alma mater	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS); Harvard University (PhD);
Known for	Apoptosis research
Spouse	Martha Constantine-Paton
Awards	NAS Award in Molecular Biology (1988); Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2002); Gruber Prize in Genetics (2002); Wiley Prize (2002); ForMemRS (2009);
	Scientific career
Fields	Biology
Institutions	MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology; Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thesis	Modifications of the host RNA polymerase induced by coliphage T4 (1974)
Doctoral advisors	Walter Gilbert; James D. Watson
Notable students	Michael Hengartner Gary Ruvkun Yishi Jin Junying Yuan
Website	web.mit.edu/horvitz/www/

Howard Robert Horvitz ForMemRS NAS AAA&S APS NAM (born May 8, 1947) is an American biologist best known for his research on the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans, for which he was awarded the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, together with Sydney Brenner and John E. Sulston, whose "seminal discoveries concerning the genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death" were "important for medical research and have shed new light on the pathogenesis of many diseases".

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