Seymour Benzer
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 17 years ago |
Date of birth | October 15,1921 |
Zodiac sign | Libra |
Born | Bensonhurst |
New York | |
United States | |
Date of died | November 30,2007 |
Died | Pasadena |
California | |
United States | |
Influenced by | Roger Wolcott Sperry |
Max Delbrück | |
Salvador Luria | |
Alfred Sturtevant | |
Influenced | Richard Feynman |
Francis Crick | |
Sydney Brenner | |
Job | Physicist |
Geneticist | |
Molecular Biologist | |
Education | Purdue University |
New Utrecht High School | |
Brooklyn College | |
Nationality | American |
Known for | molecular and behavioral biology |
Notable student | Jeffrey C. Hall |
Bill Harris | |
John A. Pollock | |
Influencees | Francis Crick |
Sydney Brenner | |
Richard Feynman | |
James L. Gould | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 418084 |
Gairdner Foundation International Award
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
National Medal of Science for Biological Sciences
International Prize for Biology
Albany Medical Center Prize
Rosenstiel Award
Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal
Feltrinelli Prize
NAS Award in the Neurosciences
March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology
Harvey Prize in Human Health
Wolf Prize in Medicine
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
National Medal of Science for Biological Sciences
International Prize for Biology
Albany Medical Center Prize
Rosenstiel Award
Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal
Feltrinelli Prize
NAS Award in the Neurosciences
March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology
Harvey Prize in Human Health
Wolf Prize in Medicine
Seymour Benzer Life story
Seymour Benzer was an American physicist, molecular biologist and behavioral geneticist. His career began during the molecular biology revolution of the 1950s, and he eventually rose to prominence in the fields of molecular and behavioral genetics.