J. Michael Bishop
American immunologist and microbiologist (1936–2026)
University of California School of Medicine
York, PA
John Michael Bishop was an American immunologist and microbiologist who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Harold E. Varmus. He was a faculty member at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where he also served as chancellor from 1998 to 2009.
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John Michael Bishop was an American immunologist and microbiologist who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Harold E. Varmus. He was a faculty member at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where he also served as chancellor from 1998 to 2009.
Top Publications
- Isolation of monoclonal antibodies specific for human c-myc proto-oncogene product. (1985) - 2,436 citations
- Amplification of N- myc in Untreated Human Neuroblastomas Correlates with Advanced Disease Stage (1984) - 2,293 citations
- The Molecular Genetics of Cancer (1987) - 1,714 citations
- CELLULAR ONCOGENES AND RETROVIRUSES (1983) - 1,666 citations
- Molecular themes in oncogenesis (1991) - 1,653 citations
At a glance
- Full name
- J. Michael Bishop
- Born
- 1936-02-22
- Died
- 2026-03-20
- OpenAlex ID
- https://openalex.org/A5089138950
Research interests
- T-cell and Retrovirus Studies, Cancer-related Molecular Pathways, Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling, Viral-associated cancers and disorders, Animal Virus Infections Studies
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- Isolation of monoclonal antibodies specific for human c-myc proto-oncogene product. ↗1985 · Molecular and Cellular Biology2,436OpenAlex citations
- 2,293OpenAlex citations
- The Molecular Genetics of Cancer ↗1987 · Science1,714OpenAlex citations
- CELLULAR ONCOGENES AND RETROVIRUSES ↗1983 · Annual Review of Biochemistry1,666OpenAlex citations
- Molecular themes in oncogenesis ↗1991 · Cell1,653OpenAlex citations
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- Isolation of monoclonal antibodies specific for human c-myc proto-oncogene product. ↗1985 · Molecular and Cellular Biology
- The Molecular Genetics of Cancer ↗1987 · Science
- CELLULAR ONCOGENES AND RETROVIRUSES ↗1983 · Annual Review of Biochemistry
- Molecular themes in oncogenesis ↗1991 · Cell
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Awards & honors
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1989) — for their discovery of the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes
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