Franklin William Stahl | |
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Born | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | October 8, 1929
Alma mater | Harvard University (BA) University of Rochester (PhD) |
Known for | Meselson-Stahl experiment |
Awards | Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal, and others |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Molecular biology Genetics |
Institutions | University of Missouri, University of Oregon |
Academic advisors | Giuseppe Bertani |
Franklin (Frank) William Stahl (born October 8, 1929) is an American molecular biologist and geneticist. With Matthew Meselson, Stahl conducted the famous Meselson-Stahl experiment showing that DNA is replicated by a semiconservative mechanism, meaning that each strand of the DNA serves as a template for production of a new strand.
He is Emeritus Professor of Biology[1] at the University of Oregon's Institute of Molecular Biology in Eugene, Oregon.