Carl Woese

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biophysicist human microbiologist university teacher

Carl Woese was an American microbiologist and biophysicist best known for revolutionizing the tree of life by using ribosomal RNA sequencing to identify Archaea as a distinct domain of life.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biophysicist → human → microbiologist → university teacher →
academicDegree	Bachelor of Arts → Doctor of Philosophy →
awardReceived	Crafoord Prize in Biosciences → Leeuwenhoek Medal → National Medal of Science → Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology →
causeOfDeath	pancreatic cancer →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1928-07-15 →
dateOfDeath	2012-12-30 →
doctoralThesis	The Nuclear Spin of the Hydrogen Molecule in the Liquid and Solid States →
doctoralThesisYear	1953 →
educatedAt	Amherst College → Yale University →
employer	University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign →
familyName	Woese →
fieldOfWork	biophysics → evolutionary biology → microbiology → molecular biology →
givenName	Carl →
hasAcademicAdvisor	Ernest C. Pollard NERFINISHED →
influenced	concept of the last universal common ancestor → modern microbial systematics → molecular phylogenetics →
knownFor	discovery of Archaea as a distinct domain of life → ribosomal RNA-based phylogeny → three-domain system of classification →
language	English →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America → Royal Society →
name	Carl Richard Woese →
notableWork	classification of life based on 16S rRNA sequences → proposal of the three-domain system →
placeOfBirth	Syracuse, New York, United States →
placeOfDeath	Urbana, Illinois, United States →
positionHeld	Stanley O. Ikenberry Chair in Microbiology → professor of microbiology →
researched	microbial phylogeny → origin of life → ribosomal RNA →
sexOrGender	male →
workLocation	Urbana, Illinois, United States →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Archaea →	discoveredBy
Carl Woese ("Woese") →	familyName
Carl Woese ("Carl Richard Woese") →	name
Euryarchaeota ("Woese and colleagues") →	namingAuthority