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William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement (7) |
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| complete name: |
Joshua Lederberg |
| nobel prize: |
medicine |
| award year: |
1958 |
| together with: |
Edward Tatum |
| together with: |
George Beadle |
| 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: |
Joshua |
| family name: |
Lederberg |
| occupation: |
computer scientist |
| occupation: |
university teacher |
| occupation: |
geneticist |
| occupation: |
molecular biologist |
| occupation: |
artificial intelligence researcher |
| field of work: |
genetics |
| field of work: |
microbiology |
| work location: |
University of Wisconsin–Madison, 500 Lincoln Dr, Madison, WI, 53706-1380, United States of America |
| description: |
Joshua Lederberg was an American molecular biologist known for his work in microbial genetics, artificial intelligence, and the United States space program. He was 33 years old when he won the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering that bacteria can mate and exchange genes (bacterial conjugation). He shared the prize with Edward Tatum and George Beadle, who won for their work with genetics. In addition to his contributions to biology, Lederberg did extensive research in artificial intelligence. This included work in the NASA experimental programs seeking life on Mars and the chemistry expert system Dendral. |
| 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: |
1925 |
| date death: |
2008 |
| usual name: |
Joshua Lederberg |
