Wacław Szybalski
Wacław Szybalski | |
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McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research University of Wisconsin–Madison |
Wacław Szybalski (Polish pronunciation: McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin–Madison Medical School.
Early life
Wacław Szybalski was born in September 1921 in
Rudolf Stefan Weigl
.
In 1939 Szybalski graduated from the famous Gymnasium no. 8 in
feeder of lice in Rudolf Weigl's institute for typhus
research.
Career in the United States
Szybalski subsequently emigrated to the
McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Medical School.
The research he conducted in the United States began with genetic studies of
viral infections and cancer. His studies of the antibiotic-producing soil microorganism, Streptomyces, yielded information that was useful in the commercial production of streptomycin, an effective therapeutic for treating tuberculosis.[3]
He served as the first Editor-in-Chief of the journal Gene from 1976 to 1996. He published 145 academic papers, 82 of which were published in Gene reflecting the major impact that he had on the field of
plasmid vectors and the use of lambda provided the basis for the modern era of human genetics.[4]
He died in December 2020 in Madison, Wisconsin at the age of 99.[5]
See also
- Szybalski's rule
- List of Polish medical researchers
- He is a member of the Kosciuszko Foundation Collegium of Eminent Scientists of Polish Origin and Ancestry (2014)[6]
References
- ^ "M.P. 2011 nr 71 poz. 700". isap.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ Szybalski, Waclaw Dr. "United States Public Records Index". familysearch. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
- ^ "Dr. Waclaw Tadeusz Szybalski September 9, 1921 ~ December 15, 2020". mcardle.wisc.edu. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ "Passing of Dr Waclaw Tadeusz Szybalski, the Founding Editor of Gene". journals.elsevier.com. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ Nie żyje professor Wacław Szybalski (in Polish)
- ^ "Kosciuszko Foundation - American Center for Polish culture - Eminent Scientists of Polish Origin and Ancestry". www.thekf.org. Archived from the original on 2017-09-20.
