Erwin Chargaff

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Erwin Chargaff was an Austrian-American biochemist best known for formulating the base-pairing rules of DNA that were crucial to the discovery of its double-helix structure.

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instanceOf Austrian-American scientist
biochemist
human
academicDegree PhD in chemistry
awardReceived Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics NERFINISHED
National Medal of Science
Pasteur Medal NERFINISHED
burialPlace New York City NERFINISHED
causeOfMigration Nazi persecution in Europe
countryOfCitizenship Austria
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1905-08-11
dateOfDeath 2002-06-20
educatedAt University of Vienna
employer Columbia University
ethnicGroup Jewish
familyName Chargaff NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork biochemistry
molecular biology
fullName Erwin Chargaff NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName Erwin NERFINISHED
influenced Francis Crick NERFINISHED
James D. Watson NERFINISHED
Rosalind Franklin NERFINISHED
inspiredBy work of Oswald Avery on DNA
knownFor Chargaff's rules NERFINISHED
base composition analysis of DNA
contributions to understanding DNA base pairing
demonstrating equivalence of A and T in DNA
demonstrating equivalence of G and C in DNA
languageSpoken English
German
migratedTo United States of America NERFINISHED
movement molecular biology
notableIdea critique of molecular biology reductionism
species-specific variation in DNA base composition
notableWork Essays in biochemistry and philosophy of science NERFINISHED
Studies on the composition of DNA from different species
placeOfBirth Austria-Hungary NERFINISHED
Bukovina NERFINISHED
Czernowitz NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath New York City
positionHeld professor of biochemistry
religion secular Jew
workLocation New York City
wrote Essays on nucleic acids and the nature of life NERFINISHED
Heraclitean Fire: Sketches from a Life before Nature NERFINISHED

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Otto Warburg Medal notableRecipient Erwin Chargaff