John O'Keefe - Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — 2014
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John O'Keefe

Prize
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — 2014
for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain
Citizenship
United States United States United Kingdom United Kingdom
Languages
English
date of birth
11/18/1939
place of birth
New York City
Age
86 years
educated at
  • McGill University
    • academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy
    • end time: 1967
  • Regis High School
  • City College of New York
member of
  • Royal Society of London
    • start time: 1992
  • National Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 2016
  • Royal Irish Academy
    • start time: 2018
occupation
  • psychologist
  • neurologist
  • university teacher
  • scientist
  • neuroscientist
doctoral student
  • Michael Recce
employer
  • University College London
field of work
  • neurobiology
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