George Streisinger
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George Streisinger was a pioneering molecular biologist best known for developing the zebrafish as a genetic model organism and advancing phage genetics.
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| George Streisinger canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
molecular biologist
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scientist ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Institute of Molecular Biology (University of Oregon)
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zebrafish research community ⓘ |
| birthName | George Streisinger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo | establishing zebrafish as a standard vertebrate model in genetics and developmental biology ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| doctoralAdvisor | Sol Spiegelman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Cornell University
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University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign ⓘ |
| employer | University of Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
genetics
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molecular biology ⓘ phage genetics ⓘ |
| fullName | George Streisinger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasResearchImpactOn |
genetic analysis of vertebrate development
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human disease modeling using zebrafish ⓘ |
| influenced |
developmental biology
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neurobiology research using zebrafish ⓘ |
| knownFor |
developing the zebrafish as a genetic model organism
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introducing zebrafish (Danio rerio) as a vertebrate model for developmental genetics ⓘ pioneering work in phage genetics ⓘ |
| legacy |
considered a founder of zebrafish genetics
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his work established zebrafish as a key vertebrate model organism in biology ⓘ |
| memberOf | faculty of the University of Oregon ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
applied clonal analysis to zebrafish embryonic development
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helped create methods for large-scale mutagenesis screens in zebrafish ⓘ |
| notableStudentOrCollaborator |
Charles Kimmel
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Judith Eisen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | professor ⓘ |
| researched |
developmental genetics in zebrafish
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genetic fine-structure mapping in phage ⓘ mutagenesis in bacteriophage T4 ⓘ |
| studied | bacteriophage T4 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedModelOrganism |
bacteriophage T4
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zebrafish ⓘ |
| workplace | Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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