George E. Palade Biography

George E. Palade biography

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NAME: George E. Palade
OCCUPATION: Biologist
BIRTH DATE: November 19, 1912
DEATH DATE: October 08, 2008
EDUCATION: University of Bucharest
PLACE OF BIRTH: Jassy, Romania
PLACE OF DEATH: Del Mar, California
Full Name: George Emil Palade
AKA: George Palade
AKA: George E. Palade

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Biologist George Emil Palade studied cell structure and discovered ribosomes. He won a 1974 Nobel Prize for his research.

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George Emil Palade was born on November 19, 1912, in Jassy, Romania. After World War II, he immigrated to the United States. Palade worked at the Rockefeller Institute in New York, where he studied cell structures and discovered ribosomes. In 1974, he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his research. He taught at Yale and the University of California before retiring in 2001. He died on October 7, 2008, in Del Mar, California.