Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year:1946
Number:63 - 0
 
Nominee 1:
Name:Oswald Theodore Avery
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1877
Year, Death:1955
Profession:dept head
University:Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (now Rockefeller University)
City:New York
State:NY
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Nominee 2:
Name:Michael J Heidelberger
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1888
Year, Death:1991
Profession:Professor of biochemistry
Department:College of Physicians and Surgeons
University:Columbia University
City:New York
State:NY
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Motivation:Importance of capsular polysaccharides of the pneumococcus, isolation of the specific nucleo-protein of the pneumococcus.
 
Nominator:
Name:Otto Loewi
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1873
Year, Death:1961
Profession:M.D, Nobel Laureate med 1936
University:New York University
City:New York
State:NY
Country:UNITED STATES (US)