Edward Lawrie Tatum
Geneticist and Nobel Prize laureate
Born
December 14th, 1909
115 years ago
Died
November 5th, 1975
49 years ago — 65 years old
Category
Scientists & Innovators
Country
United States
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A prominent geneticist, contributions focused on the understanding of the role of genes in the regulation of metabolic processes. Collaborated with George Beadle to conduct groundbreaking experiments with Neurospora crassa, which demonstrated the one gene-one enzyme hypothesis. Received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1958 for work on gene action in the synthesis of enzymes and its implications for metabolic regulation. Served as a professor and held various academic positions throughout a distinguished career in genetics and biochemistry.
Received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1958
Developed the one gene-one enzyme hypothesis with George Beadle
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