• In 1962, Fiers moved to Madison, Wisconsin, to work in the laboratory of future Nobel laureate, Gobind Khorana. At the end of 1962, Fiers returned to...
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  • baseball player Nadine Fiers (born 1966), Belgian racing cyclist Walter Fiers (1931–2019), Belgian molecular biologist Gustav Fiers, a Marvel Comics supervillain...
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    This work was completed by Fred Sanger and his team in 1977. In 1962, Walter Fiers and Robert Sinsheimer had already demonstrated the physical, covalently...
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  • 1972: Walter Fiers and his team were the first to determine the sequence of a gene: the gene for bacteriophage MS2 coat protein. 1976: Walter Fiers and...
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    Israel Institute of Technology Paul Fredericq (1850–1920), historian Walter Fiers (1931–2019), molecular biologist Leopold Flam (1912–1995), historian...
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    Dulbecco and Howard Temin were awarded a Nobel Prize in 1975. In 1976, Walter Fiers and his team determined the first complete nucleotide sequence of an...
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    Barbara Jill Walters (September 25, 1929 – December 30, 2022) was an American broadcast journalist and television personality. Known for her interviewing...
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    assemblage of new virions, or proteins involved in cell lysis. In 1972, Walter Fiers (University of Ghent, Belgium) was the first to establish the complete...
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    labs, the nature of the genetic code was determined (e.g. ). In 1972, Walter Fiers and his team at the University of Ghent were the first to determine the...
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    individuals is necessary to understand the genetic diversity. In 1976, Walter Fiers at the University of Ghent (Belgium) was the first to establish the complete...
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  • disorders. In 1972 he joined the Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Prof. Walter Fiers, and he obtained a PhD in 1978. Frans Van Roy has been the VIB Group...
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    genetics at the level of DNA is known as molecular genetics. In 1972, Walter Fiers and his team were the first to determine the sequence of a gene: that...
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    2015 chief bugler at the Menin Gate for the daily Last Post ceremony. Walter Fiers (1931–2019), molecular biologist Marc Vervenne (born 1949), emeritus...
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  • (Israel), Alex J. van der Eb (Netherlands) 1990 Lloyd J. Old (USA) 1991 Walter Fiers (Belgium), Tadatsugu Taniguchi (Japan) 1992 Kary B. Mullis (USA) 1993...
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    the sequences of 54 out of 64 codons in their experiments. In 1972, Walter Fiers and his team at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology of the University...
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  • Belgian researcher Walter Fiers published the genome sequence in another journal. Until 1+1⁄2 years earlier, the Weissman and Fiers teams had each been...
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  • Chargaff Barbara McClintock James Watson Francis Crick Francis Collins Walter Fiers Eric Lander Kary Banks Mullis Lap-Chee Tsui Frederick Sanger List of...
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    the first genome to be completely sequenced. This was accomplished by Walter Fiers and his team, building upon their earlier milestone in 1972 of the first...
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    the complete genome of Bacteriophage MS2, identified and published by Walter Fiers and his coworkers at the University of Ghent (Ghent, Belgium), in 1972...
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  • Schrieffer, American physicist and Nobel laureate (b. 1931) 28 July Walter Fiers, Belgian molecular biologist (b. 1931) Li Jisheng, Chinese aerospace...
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    (Brazil) and Peter Reichard [de] (Sweden) 1989 - Georges Cohen (France) and Walter Fiers (Belgium) 1991 - Margarita Salas and Eladio Viñuela [es] (Spain) and...
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  • and B vaccines. Together with Walter Fiers and their team, he works on the development of an M2e-based vaccine. Fiers W, De Filette M, Birkett A, Neirynck...
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    biotech company Plant Genetic Systems Inc., now part of Bayer CropScience. Walter Fiers Mary-Dell Chilton Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) Schell,...
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  • Cancer Institute, Bethesda, United States of America 1989 Professor Walter Fiers, University of Ghent, Belgium 1987 Professors Viktor Mutt [et] and Tomas...
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  • in 1971 and a PhD in molecular biology in 1978 in the group of Prof. Walter Fiers, a first-tier pioneer in the field of modern biotechnology, in whose...
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  • Ian Drohan, 86, Australian football player (St Kilda Football Club). Walter Fiers, 88, Belgian molecular biologist. Eduardo Gómez, 68, Spanish actor and...
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    Participatiemaatschappij Vlaanderen Raymond Hamers Science and technology in Flanders Walter Fiers Wellcome Trust "Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie". www.vlaanderen...
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  • 90 Day Fiancé is an American reality television series on TLC. https://www.tlc.com/shows/90-day-fiance/episodes/dearly-beloved https://www.tlc...
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    2013: World Food Prize laureate. 2015: Iran Agriculture Golden Medal Walter Fiers Mary-Dell Chilton Van Larebeke, N.; Genetello, Ch.; Schell, J.; Schilperoort...
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  • van der Eb, Netherlands 1983 B.A.M. van der Zeijst, Netherlands 1986 Walter Fiers, Belgium 1989 Jan van der Noordaa [nl], Netherlands 1992 H. zur Hausen...
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