Please answer the following question: What key details about michael houghton -lrb- scientist -rrb- can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: michael houghton is a british scientist , who along with qui-lim choo , george kuo and daniel w bradley , co-discovered hepatitis c in 1989 . he is currently li ka shing professor of virology at the university of alberta . after graduating with a degree in biological sciences from the university of east anglia in 1972 and a phd in biochemistry from king 's college london in 1977 , houghton joined g. d. searle & company before moving to chiron corporation in 1982 . it was at chiron that houghton together with colleagues qui-lim choo and george kuo , and d.w. bradley from the centers for disease control and prevention first discovered hepatitis c . he also discovered the hepatitis d genome . he was awarded the robert koch prize in 1993 , and the lasker award in 2000 . in 2013 he become the first person to decline the $ 100,000 gairdner foundation international award stating '' i felt that it would be unfair of me to accept this award without the inclusion of two colleagues , dr. qui-lim choo and dr. george kuo '' .
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- website is -lsb- http://www.mmi.med.ualberta.ca/staff_students/michael_houghton.php michael houghton , phd -rsb-- thesis url is http://ethos.bl.uk/orderdetails.do?did=4&uin=uk.bl.ethos.459749- known for is hepatitis c hepatitis d- fields is microbiology virology- thesis year is 1977- workplaces is university of alberta chiron corporation- awards is robert international award 2013 -lrb- declined -rrb- koch prize 1993 lasker award 2000 gairdner foundation- thesis title is rna polymerases and transcription in the chicken oviduct- name is michael houghton- image is file : michael houghton.jpg- alma mater is university college london -lrb- phd -rrb- of east anglia -lrb- bsc -rrb- king 's