George Wells Beadle
Geneticist and Nobel Prize laureate
Born
October 22nd, 1903
121 years ago
Died
June 9th, 1989
35 years ago — 85 years old
Category
Scientists & Innovators
Country
United States
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A prominent geneticist and academic, significantly contributed to the understanding of genetic processes. Conducted pioneering research on the relationship between genes and enzymes, leading to the formulation of the one gene-one enzyme hypothesis. Served as a professor at the University of Chicago and vice president for academic affairs at the University of California. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1958 alongside Edward Tatum and Joshua Lederberg for discoveries concerning the mechanisms of hereditary transmission and variation.
Developed the one gene-one enzyme hypothesis
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1958
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