Paul Nurse

Paul Nurse is the sort of scientist who makes me genuinely awestruck. Unraveling the protein machinery that governs cell division earned him the 2001 Nobel Prize, and the wall of honors behind it, Copley, Royal, Lasker, Gairdner, is staggering. But what moves me more is that he did not stop at discovery. Leading the Royal Society and the Francis Crick Institute, he chose to cultivate the soil in which other science grows. That generosity of vision, tending the whole field rather than just his own corner, is what separates a great researcher from a true steward of knowledge.

Name (English)

Paul Nurse

Name (Japanese)

ポール・ナース

Reading

ぽーる・なーす

Born

January 25, 1949 (age 77)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Ox

Origin

Norwich, United Kingdom

Occupation

biochemist / geneticist / chemist / researcher / neurobiologist

High school

Harrow High School

University

University of Birmingham

Awards & achievements

• 1998 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
• 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• 2005 Copley Medal
• 1995 Royal Medal
• 2013 Albert Einstein World Award of Science
• 1990 Marjory Stephenson Prize
• 1992 Canada Gairdner International Award
• 1987 EMBO Membership

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Nurse
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9D%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q219716

Tags

• biochemist
• geneticist
• chemist

Last updated

2026-06-21

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