Salvador Luria

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Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine geneticist human microbiologist

Salvador Luria was an Italian-American microbiologist and Nobel laureate whose pioneering work in bacteriophage genetics helped establish the foundations of molecular biology.

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Salvador Luria canonical 11
Salvador E. Luria 1
Salvador Edward Luria 1

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instanceOf Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ
geneticist ⓘ
human ⓘ
microbiologist ⓘ
awardReceived Lasker Award ⓘ
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ
birthName Salvador Luria self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Salvatore Edoardo Luria
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
causeOfMigration escape from Fascist antisemitic laws in Italy ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Italy ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1912-08-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1991-02-06 ⓘ
degree M.D. ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Giuseppe Levi ⓘ
doctoralStudent James Watson ⓘ
surface form: James D. Watson
educatedAt University of Turin ⓘ
employer Indiana University ⓘ
surface form: Indiana University Bloomington

Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign ⓘ
ethnicGroup Italian Jew ⓘ
familyName Luria ⓘ
fieldOfWork bacterial genetics ⓘ
bacteriophage genetics ⓘ
microbiology ⓘ
molecular biology ⓘ
givenName Salvatore ⓘ
knownFor demonstrating random mutation as the source of bacterial resistance to phages ⓘ
foundational contributions to molecular biology ⓘ
pioneering work on bacteriophages ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
migratedTo United States of America ⓘ
name Salvador Luria self-link ⓘ
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 ⓘ
notableWork Luria–Delbrück experiment ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
Turin ⓘ
placeOfDeath Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ
positionHeld director of MIT Center for Cancer Research ⓘ
professor of microbiology ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
sharedNobelPrizeWith Alfred Hershey ⓘ
Max Delbrück ⓘ
workInstitution MIT Center for Cancer Research ⓘ
Department of Biology ⓘ
surface form: MIT Department of Biology

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James Watson → doctoralAdvisor → Salvador Luria ⓘ
University of Turin → hasNotableAlumni → Salvador Luria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salvatore Luria
Max Delbrück → notableStudent → Salvador Luria ⓘ
Salvador Luria → name → Salvador Luria self-link ⓘ
Salvador Luria → birthName → Salvador Luria self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salvatore Edoardo Luria
Luria–Delbrück experiment → hasAuthor → Salvador Luria ⓘ
Phage Group → hasMember → Salvador Luria ⓘ
Salvatore → alternateName → Salvador Luria ⓘ
subject surface form: Salvatore Luria
this entity surface form: Salvador E. Luria
Salvatore → alternateName → Salvador Luria ⓘ
subject surface form: Salvatore Luria
this entity surface form: Salvador Edward Luria
Luria → hasNotableBearer → Salvador Luria ⓘ
MIT Center for Cancer Research → foundedBy → Salvador Luria ⓘ
MIT Center for Cancer Research → notableDirector → Salvador Luria ⓘ
Giuseppe Levi → notableStudent → Salvador Luria ⓘ
Alfred Hershey → coAuthor → Salvador Luria ⓘ
Alfred Hershey → sharedNobelPrizeWith → Salvador Luria ⓘ