Notable Birthdays in Science
Howard Taylor Ricketts (1871)
American pathologist Howard Taylor Ricketts was born in 1871. The genus Rickettsia, named in his honor, comprises bacteria transmitted to humans through ticks and lice.
Jacques Monod (1910)
French biochemist Jacques Monod was born in 1910. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1965 for his significant contributions to understanding the regulation of protein levels within cells.
Yoshinori Ohsumi (1945)
Japanese cell biologist Yoshinori Ohsumi was born in 1945. He received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2016 for his groundbreaking work on the mechanisms of autophagy, the process of self-engulfing and breakdown of cellular components.