Alfred Hershey

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Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine bacteriologist geneticist human

Alfred Hershey was an American bacteriologist and geneticist best known for the Hershey–Chase experiment, which helped establish DNA as the genetic material.

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instanceOf Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ
bacteriologist ⓘ
geneticist ⓘ
human ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in bacteriology ⓘ
awardReceived Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research ⓘ
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ
coAuthor Martha Chase ⓘ
Max Delbrück ⓘ
Salvador Luria ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1908-12-04 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1997-05-22 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Frank B. Bachelor NERFINISHED ⓘ
educatedAt Michigan State College ⓘ
employer Carnegie Institution of Washington ⓘ
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory ⓘ
Washington University in St. Louis ⓘ
familyName The Hershey Company ⓘ
surface form: Hershey
fieldOfWork bacteriophage genetics ⓘ
microbiology ⓘ
molecular genetics ⓘ
givenName Alfred ⓘ
hasChild Peter Hershey ⓘ
knownFor demonstrating that DNA is the genetic material ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
NobelPrizeCategory Physiology or Medicine ⓘ
NobelPrizeMotivation discoveries concerning the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses ⓘ
NobelPrizeYear 1969 ⓘ
notableStudent Martha Chase ⓘ
notableWork Hershey–Chase experiment ⓘ
occupation bacteriologist ⓘ
geneticist ⓘ
partOf phage group ⓘ
placeOfBirth Owosso, Michigan ⓘ
surface form: Owosso, Michigan, United States of America
placeOfDeath Syosset, New York ⓘ
surface form: Syosset, New York, United States of America
residence Cold Spring Harbor, New York ⓘ
surface form: Cold Spring Harbor, New York, United States of America
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sharedNobelPrizeWith Max Delbrück ⓘ
Salvador Luria ⓘ
spouse Harriet Davidson Hershey ⓘ
studied bacteriophages ⓘ
genetic recombination in phages ⓘ
workLocation Cold Spring Harbor, New York ⓘ
surface form: Cold Spring Harbor, New York, United States of America

St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
surface form: St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

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Salvador Luria → sharedNobelPrizeWith → Alfred Hershey ⓘ
Phage Group → hasMember → Alfred Hershey ⓘ
Martha Chase → workedWith → Alfred Hershey ⓘ
Martha Chase → notableStudentOf → Alfred Hershey ⓘ
Salvatore → workedWith → Alfred Hershey ⓘ
subject surface form: Salvatore Luria