Norton Zinder
Norton Zinder | |
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| Born | Norton David Zinder November 7, 1928 New York City, New York |
| Died | February 3, 2012 (aged 83) New York City, New York |
| Alma mater | Columbia University (BA) University of Wisconsin–Madison (PhD) |
| Known for | Transduction Virology |
| Awards | Eli Lilly and Company-Elanco Research Award (1962) NAS Award in Molecular Biology (1966) AAAS Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility (1982) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Microbiology |
| Institutions | Rockefeller University |
| Doctoral advisor | Joshua Lederberg |
| Doctoral students | Harvey Lodish Nina Fedoroff Jef Boeke |
Norton David Zinder (November 7, 1928 – February 3, 2012)National Academy of Sciences in 1969. He led a lab at Rockefeller University until shortly before his death.[2]
In 1966 he was awarded the NAS Award in Molecular Biology from the National Academy of Sciences.[3]
Genetic transduction and RNA bacteriophage
Working as a graduate student with
bacterium to another. Initial experiments were carried out using Salmonella. Zinder and Lederberg named this process of genetic exchange transduction
.
Later, Zinder discovered the first
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research) worked in his lab.[8]
Norton Zinder died in 2012 of pneumonia after a long illness.[9]
References
- S2CID 45292962.
- ^ "Norton Zinder". Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
- ^ "NAS Award in Molecular Biology". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
- PMID 18105993.
- PMID 14942753.
- PMID 12999698.
- PMID 21830328.
- S2CID 32831602.
- ^ Nicolas Wade: Norton D. Zinder, Researcher in Molecular Biology, Dies at 83. In: The New York Times. February 7, 2012.
Further reading
- Papers authored by Norton Zinder
- Laboratory of Genetics at Rockefeller University
- Historical plaque at UW–Madison noting Zinder's contribution to molecular genetics
- Biography of Norton Zinder
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