Historic figures

founder of experimental physiology
1813-1878

"for his research on the carbon dioxide assimilation in plants"
1911 - 1997

"discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material"
1916-

"..the advancement of chemistry by the discovery of the elements radium and polonium
1867-1934

Developed the theory of Natural Selection and wrote "The Origin of Species"
1809-1882

"for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases"
1881 - 1955

"in recognition of their work on the structure of the nervous system"
1843-1926

"for his discovery of the citric acid cycle"
1900-1981

coined the word Biology, developed theory of organic evolution
1744-1829

1707-1778

"for her discovery of mobile genetic elements"
1902-1992

in recognition of his work on (cellular) immunity
1845-1916

for her Symbiotic theory and work on the Gaia Hypothesis
1938-

founder of field of Genetics
1823-1884

"for his discoveries concerning the role played by the chromosome in heredity"
1866-1945

"for his research into the nature of the chemical bond and its application to the elucidation of the structure of complex substances"
1901-1994

"in recognition of their work on the structure of the nervous system"
1852-1934

"for his discovery of the genetic principle for generation of antibody diversity"
1939-

"discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material"
1928-

James Watson (now)

at Cold Spring Harbor
for his work on the human genome project