Victor Ambros
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Victor Ambros is an American molecular biologist from Vermont, and professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, Massachusetts.
He received the Gairdner Foundation International Award in 2008 for the discovery and identification of single-stranded RNA molecules later called microRNA.[1]
Since 2007 Dr. Ambros is also a member of the National Academy of Science.
[edit] Awards
- Co-recipient (with Craig Mello, Andrew Fire and Gary Ruvkun) of Brandeis University's Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Medical Research in 2005
- Recipient of the Gairdner Foundation International Award in 2008
[edit] References
- ^ "Victor Ambros" – The Gairdner Foundation (Retrieved on May 25, 2008)

