Robert G. Roeder (born 1942 in Boonville, Indiana) is Arnold and Maude Beckmann Professor at Rockefeller University. State nickname: The Hoosier State Other U.S. States Capital Indianapolis Largest city Indianapolis Governor Mitch Daniels Official languages English Area 94,321 km² (38th) - Land 92,897 km² - Water 1,424 km² (1. ... Rockefeller University is a small private university focusing primarily on graduate education and research in the biomedical fields, located in the southeasternmost corner of the Upper East Side of Manhattan island in New York City, New York. ...
He received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 2003. The Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research is awarded by the Lasker Foundation for the understanding, diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and cure of disease. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Rockefeller Researcher Receives Horwitz Prize for Pioneering Work on How Genes are Turned On and Off (http://www.rockefeller.edu/pubinfo/roeder021500.nr.html)
RobertG. Roeder, Ph.D., a biochemist whose research has led to major advances in understanding how human genes are switched "on" and "off," is this year's recipient of the highly prestigious Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research, the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation announced today.
Roeder is the 19th scientist associated with Rockefeller University to be honored with the Lasker Award, widely regarded not only as the "American Nobel" but also as a strong predictor of future Nobel Prize winners.