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| 45. Other Awards |
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45. Other Awards |
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Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (84) |
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Kimber Genetics Award (5) |
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Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal (4) |
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William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement (7) |
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| complete name: |
George Wells Beadle |
| nobel prize: |
medicine |
| award year: |
1958 |
| together with: |
Joshua Lederberg |
| together with: |
Edward Tatum |
| prize share: |
Prize share: 1/2 |
| rational: |
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1958 was divided, one half jointly to George Wells Beadle and Edward Lawrie Tatum "for their discovery that genes act by regulating definite chemical events" and the other half to Joshua Lederberg "for his discoveries concerning genetic recombination and the organization of the genetic material of bacteria." |
| biography: |
Biography |
| laureate facts: |
Facts |
| laureate lecture: |
Lecture |
| given name: |
George |
| family name: |
Beadle |
| occupation: |
politician |
| occupation: |
university teacher |
| occupation: |
geneticist |
| field of work: |
genetics |
| work location: |
Harvard University, Massachusetts Hall, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States of America |
| description: |
George Wells Beadle was an American scientist in the field of genetics, and Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Nobel laureate who with Edward Tatum discovered the role of genes in regulating biochemical events within cells in 1958. Beadle and Tatum's key experiments involved exposing the bread mold Neurospora crassa to x-rays, causing mutations. In a series of experiments, they showed that these mutations caused changes in specific enzymes involved in metabolic pathways. These experiments led them to propose a direct link between genes and enzymatic reactions, known as the One gene-one enzyme hypothesis. |
| image copyright: |
Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. |
| image citation: |
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1958. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1958/summary/> |
| date birth: |
1903 |
| date death: |
1989 |
| usual name: |
George Beadle |
