Laboratory of Molecular Biology - Famous Alumni

Famous Alumni

Scientific staff of the LMB who have been awarded individually or have shared Nobel prizes are:

• Frederick Sanger 1958 & 1980 (1980 was shared with Paul Berg and Walter Gilbert)
• John Kendrew 1962 (shared with Max Perutz)
• Max Perutz 1962 (shared with John Kendrew)
• Francis Crick 1962 (shared with Maurice Wilkins and Jim Watson)
• Jim Watson 1962 (shared with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins)
• Aaron Klug 1982
• César Milstein 1984 (shared with Georges Kohler and Niels Jerne)
• Georges Kohler 1984 (shared with César Milstein and Niels Jerne)
• John Walker 1997 (shared with Paul D. Boyer and Jens Christian Skou)
• Sydney Brenner 2002 (shared with Robert Horvitz and John Sulston)
• Robert Horvitz 2002 (shared with Sydney Brenner and John Sulston)
• John Sulston 2002 (shared with Sydney Brenner and Robert Horvitz)
• Venkatraman Ramakrishnan 2009 (shared with Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E. Yonath)

Visitors who received a Nobel prize for work done, or initiated at the LMB and alumni include:

• Sid Altman 1989 (shared with Thomas R. Cech)
• Richard J. Roberts 1993 (shared with Phillip Allen Sharp)
• Michael Smith 1993
• Roger Kornberg 2006
• Andrew Fire 2006 (shared with Craig C. Mello)
• Elizabeth Blackburn 2009 (shared it with Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak)
• Thomas A. Steitz 2009 (shared with Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Ada E. Yonath)
• Marty Chalfie 2008 (along with Osamu Shimomura and Roger Y. Tsien)

In addition, many alumni have gained great distinction which has been recognised by elections to learned bodies. A link to a list of past members of the LMB can be found below.