The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2013 was awarded jointly to James E. Rothman, Randy W. Schekman and Thomas C. Südhof “for their discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in our cells”.
James E. Rothman Facts:
Born: 3 November 1950, Haverhill, MA, USA
Affiliation at the time of the award: Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
Prize motivation: “for their discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in our cells”
Field: cell physiology
Randy W. Schekman Facts:
Born: 30 December 1948, St. Paul, MN, USA
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Prize motivation: “for their discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in our cells”
Field: cell physiology
Thomas C. Südhof Facts:
Born: 22 December 1955, Goettingen, Germany
Affiliation at the time of the award: Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Prize motivation: “for their discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in our cells”
Field: cell physiology
News Source: http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2013/
