William C. Campbell
William Cecil Campbell (born June 28, 1930 in Ramelton , Ireland ) is an American biochemist and parasitologist of Irish origin. In 2015 he received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine together with Satoshi erhieltmura and Tu Youyou . He and Ōmura discovered the drug avermectin , which is used in the treatment of parasitic infections (especially against roundworms ).
Career
William C. Campbell was born into a middle class family in Ramelton. He studied at Trinity College of the University of Dublin , where he in 1952 his Bachelor attained. He then went to the United States, supported by a Fulbright scholarship , where he did his Masters at the University of Wisconsin – Madison in 1954, and in 1957, with a thesis on the nugget worm Fascioloides magna, a Ph.D. received his doctorate . He then worked for over 30 years (until 1990) at the Merck Institute for Therapeutic Research , during which he played a key role in the development of avermectin . In 2002 he was elected a member of the United States' National Academy of Sciences . In 2016 he became an honorary member of the Royal Irish Academy and in 2020 a member of the Royal Society .
Campbell currently teaches and researches as a professor emeritus at Drew University in Madison , New Jersey .
He has been a US citizen since 1962.
Web links
- Justification for the award on the side of the Nobel Prize (English)
- Ian Sample: William C Campbell, Satoshi Ōmura and Youyou Tu win Nobel prize in medicine. , The Guardian, Oct. 5, 2015
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Dermot Scott: William C. Campbell (Sc.D.). (No longer available online.) Rameltontidytowns.com, archived from the original on April 11, 2013 ; accessed on October 5, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Member Directory | William Campbell , accessed October 5, 2015.
- ^ Members: William Cecil Campbell. Royal Irish Academy, accessed May 1, 2019 .
- ↑ Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinal, UW alum among 3 scientists to win Nobel Prize in medicine (English)
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| SURNAME | Campbell, William C. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Campbell, William Cecil (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American biochemist and parasitologist of Irish descent |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 28, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ramelton , Ireland |