Jerard Hurwitz

Jerard Hurwitz
Born(1928-11-20)November 20, 1928
DiedJanuary 24, 2019(2019-01-24) (aged 90)
Alma mater
Known forRNA polymerase discovery
AwardsEli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry
Scientific career
InstitutionsWashington University in St. Louis
New York University
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
ThesisThe metabolism of vitamin b6 derivatives (1953)
Websitewww.mskcc.org/research-areas/labs/jerard-hurwitz

Jerard Hurwitz (November 20, 1928 – January 24, 2019)[1] was an American biochemist who co-discovered RNA polymerase in 1960 along with Sam Weiss, Audrey Stevens, and James Bonner. He most recently worked at the Sloan-Kettering Institute in New York studying DNA replication in eukaryotes and its control.[2][3]

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  2. ^ "The Discovery and Isolation of RNA Polymerase by Jerard Hurwitz". Archived from the original on 2013-06-29. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
  3. ^ "JERARD HURWITZ Obituary - New York, NY | New York Times". Archived from the original on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.