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Lucy Shapiro

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Lucy Shapiro (born July 16, 1940, New York City) is an American developmental biologist. She is a professor of Developmental Biology at the Stanford University School of Medicine. She is the Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Professor of Cancer Research and the director of the Beckman Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine. Shapiro founded a new field in developmental biology, using microorganisms to examine fundamental questions in developmental biology. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lucy Shapiro is the 1,039th most popular biologist (down from 933rd in 2019), the 11,696th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,142nd in 2019) and the 164th most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Lucy Shapiro ranks 1,039 out of 1,097. Before her are Philippa Marrack, Elmer McCollum, Aristid Lindenmayer, Ethelwynn Trewavas, E. B. Ford, and Peter Duesberg. After her are Asuman Baytop, Francis Walker, Bryan Sykes, Timothy Ray Brown, Peter Watts, and Margaret Morse Nice.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Lucy Shapiro ranks 566. Before her are Mary Rand, Aytaç Yalman, Steve O'Rourke, Lamar Alexander, Austin Pendleton, and David Gates. After her are Silvia Torres-Peimbert, Bjørn Tidmand, Chelato Uclés, Joanna Miles, Candi Staton, and Graham McRae.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lucy Shapiro ranks 11,698 out of 20,380. Before her are Lamar Hunt (1932), David Darling (1941), Ellen Glasgow (1873), Scott Fahlman (1948), George Alec Effinger (1947), and Bob Kulick (1950). After her are Sonny Fortune (1939), Grady Booch (1955), Dinah Manoff (1956), Sunny Lane (1980), Peter David (1956), and Isabel Jewell (1907).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Lucy Shapiro ranks 164. Before her are Elliott Coues (1842), John Bartram (1699), Ruth Patrick (1907), John Lawrence LeConte (1825), George R. Price (1922), and Elmer McCollum (1879). After her are Timothy Ray Brown (1966), Margaret Morse Nice (1883), Ronald M. Evans (1949), Paul Sereno (1957), Henry Weed Fowler (1878), and Christof Koch (1956).

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