Max Delbrück

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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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Max Delbrück canonical 17

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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 Humboldt University of Berlin
surface form: 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 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
surface form: 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
surface form: Pasadena, California
religion Lutheranism
sexOrGender male
spouse Manny Delbrück
workLocation Nashville
surface form: Nashville, Tennessee

Pasadena
surface form: Pasadena, California

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Max Planck Medal hasRecipient Max Delbrück
Lasker Basic Award notableLaureate Max Delbrück
Salvador Luria sharedNobelPrizeWith Max Delbrück
Max Delbrück Medal namedAfter Max Delbrück
Phage Group influencedBy Max Delbrück
Phage Group hasMember Max Delbrück
Delbrück hasNotableBearer Max Delbrück
Manny Delbrück spouse Max Delbrück
Manny Delbrück relative Max Delbrück
What Is Life? influenced Max Delbrück
Salvatore workedWith Max Delbrück
subject surface form: Salvatore Luria
Alfred Hershey coAuthor Max Delbrück
Alfred Hershey sharedNobelPrizeWith Max Delbrück
Yuh Nung Jan hasAcademicAdvisor Max Delbrück