Birthdate: June 8, 1942
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Aigle, Switzerland
Jacques Dubochet, a retired Swiss biophysicist, conducted research at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany. He also held an honorary professorship in biophysics at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. In 2017, Dubochet was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, along with Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson, for their pioneering work on cryo-electron microscopy, which revolutionized high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules. Furthermore, he received the Royal Photographic Society Progress Medal in 2018 for his contributions to advancements in scientific imaging technology.
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