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Joshua Lederberg

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Joshua Lederberg , 1925-, American geneticist, b. Montclair, N.J., grad. Columbia, 1944, Ph.D. Yale, 1948. He is known for his studies of the genetic mechanisms of bacteria. He shared with G. W. Beadle and E. L. Tatum the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for establishing that sexual recombination occurs in bacteria. Lederberg showed that although bacteria reproduce only by dividing, they are able to effect sexual recombination by processes that result in exchange of genetic material between different bacteria. In 1978, he joined Rockefeller Univ.; where he served as president until 1990.... Read more

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Joshua Lederberg The geneticist Joshua Lederberg (born 1925) was a pioneer in the study of bacteria and viruses...propelled the field of molecular genetics to the forefront. Joshua Lederberg is a Nobel Prize-winning geneticist whose pioneering work... Read more

Joshua Lederberg
...breeding techniques for bacterial genetics. In 1958 he shared the Nobel Prize with George Wells Beadle and Edward L. Tatum for discovery of the mechanisms of genetic recombination in bacteria. Joshua Lederberg Joshua Lederberg Joshua Lederberg Read more

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	REMARKS BY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR SANDY BERGER; DR. JOSHUA LEDERBERG, NOBEL LAUREATE, ; ...But first we will hear from Dr. Joshua Lederberg, a geneticist and President Emeritus...Rockefeller University in New York. Dr. Lederberg won the Nobel Prize in Medicine...Laughter and applause.) Dr. Lederberg has been a frequent advisor to... Read more
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