De Duve, Christian R.

Christian de Duve won the Nobel Prize in 1974 for his work on the organization of the cell. One of the best-known pioneers of cell biology, he is head of the Christian de Duve Institute of Cellular Pathology. He is the author of Vital Dust: Life as a Cosmic Imperative, Blueprint for a Cell: The
Nature and Origins of Life, and A Guided Tour of the Living Cell. He shares his time between New York and Brussels.