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Born June 9, 1911 • South Bend • Indiana
Died January 2, 2005 (aged 93) • New York City • New York
Subjects Of Study DNA • gene • pneumococcus • transformation
Oswald Avery.
Oswald Avery
American bacteriologist
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Daniel Nathans
American microbiologist
Benzer, Seymour
Seymour Benzer
American scientist
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Rudolf Jaenisch
German biologist
Ohsumi, Yoshinori
Yoshinori Ohsumi
Japanese biologist
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Werner Arber
Swiss microbiologist
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Stephen J. Elledge
American geneticist
James Watson, c. 1990
James Watson
American geneticist and biophysicist
Maurice Hilleman
Maurice Hilleman
American microbiologist
Elizabeth Blackburn
Elizabeth Blackburn
American molecular biologist and biochemist
Carol W. Greider
Carol W. Greider
American molecular biologist
Phillip A. Sharp, 1993.
Phillip A. Sharp
American physiologist
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Carl Woese
American microbiologist
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Albert Bruce Sabin
American physician and microbiologist
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Matthew Meselson
American biologist
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Charles Yanofsky
American geneticist
Smith, Hamilton O.
Hamilton O. Smith
American biologist
Selman Abraham Waksman, 1968.
Selman Abraham Waksman
American biochemist
Alexander, Hattie Elizabeth
Hattie Elizabeth Alexander
American physician and microbiologist
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John Franklin Enders
American microbiologist

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