James E. Rothman

James E. Rothman

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2013

Yale University

“for their discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in our cells”

James E. Rothman is an American cell biologist known for research on intracellular transport. He shared the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in cells. He was affiliated with Yale University when awarded.

Field
Biology · Cell Biology
Lifespan
1950–