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National Inventor Hall of Fame (33) |
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| complete name: |
Selman Abraham Waksman |
| nobel prize: |
medicine |
| award year: |
1952 |
| prize share: |
Prize share: 1/1 |
| rational: |
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1952 was awarded to Selman Abraham Waksman "for his discovery of streptomycin, the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis." |
| biography: |
Biography |
| laureate facts: |
Facts |
| laureate lecture: |
Lecture |
| given name: |
Selman |
| family name: |
Waksman |
| occupation: |
physician |
| occupation: |
biologist |
| occupation: |
university teacher |
| occupation: |
biochemist |
| occupation: |
microbiologist |
| occupation: |
autobiographer |
| field of work: |
biochemistry |
| work location: |
Rutgers University, New Jersey, United States of America |
| description: |
Selman Abraham Waksman was a Russian-born, Jewish-American inventor, biochemist and microbiologist whose research into organic substances—largely into organisms that live in soil—and their decomposition promoted the discovery of Streptomycin, and several other antibiotics. A professor of biochemistry and microbiology at Rutgers University for four decades, he discovered over twenty antibiotics (a word which he coined) and introduced procedures that have led to the development of many others. The proceeds earned from the licensing of his patents funded a foundation for microbiological research, which established the Waksman Institute of Microbiology located on Rutgers University's Busch Campus in Piscataway, New Jersey (USA). In 1952 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in recognition "for his discovery of "streptomycin," the first antibiotic active against tuberculosis." Waksman was later accused of playing down the role of Albert Schatz, a PhD student who did the work under Waksman's supervision to discover streptomycin. In 2005 Selman Waksman was granted an ACS National Historical Chemical Landmark in recognition of the significant work of his lab in isolating more than fifteen antibiotics, including streptomycin, which was the first effective treatment for tuberculosis. |
| image copyright: |
Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. |
| image citation: |
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1952. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1952/summary/> |
| date birth: |
1888 |
| date death: |
1973 |
| usual name: |
Selman Waksman |
