Roger Guillemin M.D., Ph.D.
Roger Guillemin M.D., Ph.D.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1977
Nobel Prize also awarded to Andrew V. Schally, Rosalyn Yalow
National Medal of Science-Biological Sciences 1976 USA
Name: Roger Guillemin
Birth: 11 January 1924, Dijon, France
Institution: The Salk Institute, San Diego, CA, USA
Award: “for their discoveries concerning the peptide hormone production of the brain”
Subject: biochemistry, endocrinology, metabolism
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Roger Guillemin 2011 Art Show at San Diego Natural History Museum
Physician, Physiologist, Neuroendocrinologist. Peptide hormone production of brain. Visual Artist.
Alfred Nobel chose to associate Literature and Science in his legacy. The mission, role and responsibility to society of a scientist and an artist are the same.
The President’s National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Title: Resident Fellow & Research Professor, Department of Neuroendocrinology
Affiliation: Salk Institute of Biological Studies San Diego,California 92138 USA
Gender: Male
Award Discipline: Biological Sciences
Award Year: 1976
Citation: “For demonstrating the presence of a new class of hormones, made in the brain, that regulate the function of the pituitary gland, thereby making possible improved diagnosis and treatment of numerous endocrine disorders.”
Presented by President Carter at a White House Ceremony on November 22, 1977.