In an address bestowing on him the prestigious Lasker Award for medical science — Dr. Brenner’s second — Nobelist Joseph Goldstein described him as “chutzpah” personified. (Wong Maye-e/AP)Any conflicts tended to be overshadowed by the major advances Dr. Brenner made in molecular biology. Picking the right animal to work on in biology, Dr. Brenner saw, was as important as asking the right questions. In England, Dr. Brenner reunited with May Covitz Balkind, a fellow Witwatersrand student who had traveled to London to study psychology. In addition to his work in research, Dr. Brenner held leadership positions at the Medical Research Council in Cambridge.

Source: Washington Post April 05, 2019 14:37 UTC