Roger Guillemin | |
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| Born | Roger Charles Louis Guillemin January 11, 1924 |
| Died | February 21, 2024 (aged 100) San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | French |
| Citizenship | United States[1] |
| Alma mater | Université de Montréal Université de Bourgogne |
| Known for | Neurohormones |
| Spouse |
Lucienne Guillemin (died 2021) |
| Children | 6 |
| Awards | National Medal of Science, Nobel Prize (1977) Dickson Prize (1977) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biology Neurology |
| Institutions | Baylor College of Medicine University of California, San Diego |
| Doctoral students | Wylie Vale |
Roger Charles Louis Guillemin (French pronunciation: [ʁɔʒe ʃaʁl lwi ɡijmɛ̃]; January 11, 1924 – February 21, 2024) was a French-American neuroscientist. He received the National Medal of Science in 1976, and the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1977 for his work on neurohormones, sharing the prize that year with Andrew Schally and Rosalyn Sussman Yalow.
- ^ Schlessinger, Bernard S; Schlessinger, June H. (1996). The who's who of Nobel Prize winners, 1901–1995. Oryx Press. p. 133. ISBN 978-0-89774-899-5.