Max Delbrück

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Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine biophysicist human molecular biologist

Max Delbrück was a German-American biophysicist and Nobel Prize–winning pioneer of molecular genetics whose work on bacteriophages helped establish the foundations of modern molecular biology.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine → biophysicist → human → molecular biologist →
academicDegree	PhD in physics →
awardReceived	Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize → National Medal of Science → Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine →
countryOfBirth	German Empire →
countryOfCitizenship	Germany → United States of America →
countryOfDeath	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1906-09-04 →
dateOfDeath	1981-03-09 →
describedAs	German-American biophysicist and pioneer of molecular genetics →
doctoralAdvisor	Max Born →
educatedAt	University of Berlin → University of Bristol → University of Göttingen →
employer	California Institute of Technology → Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry → Vanderbilt University →
ethnicGroup	German →
familyName	Delbrück →
fieldOfWork	biophysics → molecular biology → molecular genetics →
givenName	Max →
knownFor	Luria–Delbrück experiment → founding molecular genetics →
languageSpoken	English → German →
memberOf	Phage Group →
NobelPrizeCategory	Physiology or Medicine →
NobelPrizeFor	discoveries concerning the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses →
NobelPrizeYear	1969 →
notableStudent	Gunther Stent → Salvador Luria →
notableWork	research on bacteriophages →
numberOfChildren	3 →
occupation	biophysicist → university teacher →
placeOfBirth	Berlin →
placeOfDeath	Pasadena, California →
religion	Lutheranism →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Manny Delbrück →
workLocation	Nashville, Tennessee → Pasadena, California →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Humboldt University of Berlin →	hasNotableAlumni
Max Planck Medal →	hasRecipient
Lasker Basic Award →	notableLaureate
Robert Koch Gold Medal →	notableRecipient
Salvador Luria →	sharedNobelPrizeWith