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The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details

Lubert Stryer

Title:

Winzer Professor of Cell Biology, Emeritus

Affiliation:

Stanford University

Stanford University School of Medicine

Fairchild Building, D221

Stanford,California 94305 USA

Gender:

Male

Award Discipline:

Biological Sciences

Award Year:

2006

Citation:

"For his pioneering application of fluorescence spectroscopy, and particularly fluorescence resonance energy transfer, to the analysis of biological macromolecules; he elucidated the biochemical basis of signal amplification in vision and pioneered the development of high density micro-arrays for genetic analysis ("gene chips"). His influential biochemistry textbook has influenced and inspired millions of students."

Awarded by President George W. Bush in a White House ceremony on July 27, 2007.

 

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