Harold E. Varmus

Harold Elliot Varmus (b. December 18, 1939) is a Nobel prize winning scientist. He was a co-recipient (along with J. Michael Bishop) of the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovery of the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes.

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December 18 - 1939 - J. Michael Bishop - 1989 - Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Cell - Retroviral - Oncogene

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Since January, 2000, he has served as President of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. From 1993 to 2000, he served as Director of the National Institutes of Health. Prior to 1993, he was a faculty member at the University of California, San Francisco. He is co-founder and chairman of the board of directors of the Public Library of Science, a not for profit open access publisher. He earned his B.A. at Amherst College, his M.A. at Harvard University and his M.D. at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons.

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January - 2000 - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center - New York City - 1993 - National Institutes of Health - University of California, San Francisco - Public Library of Science - Amherst College - Harvard University - Columbia University - College of Physicians and Surgeons

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