Seymour Benzer | |
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 Benzer with a Drosophila model, 1974 | |
| Born | October 15, 1921 Bensonhurst, New York City, U.S. |
| Died | November 30, 2007 (aged 86) Pasadena, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Brooklyn College (BS) Purdue University (PhD) |
| Awards | Gairdner Foundation International Award (1964, 2004) Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1976) Harvey Prize (1977) Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal (1986) Wolf Prize in Medicine (1991) Crafoord Prize (1993) Mendel Medal (1994) International Prize for Biology (2000) Fellow of the Royal Society[1] Gruber Prize in Neuroscience (2004) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics, molecular biology, behavioral genetics, chronobiology, neurogenetics |
| Institutions | Purdue University California Institute of Technology |
| Thesis | Photoelectric Effects in Germanium (1947) |
Seymour Benzer (October 15, 1921 – November 30, 2007) was an American physicist, molecular biologist and behavioral geneticist. His career began during the molecular biology revolution of the 1950s, and he eventually rose to prominence in the fields of molecular and behavioral genetics. He led a productive genetics research lab both at Purdue University and as the James G. Boswell Professor of Neuroscience, emeritus, at the California Institute of Technology.[1][2][3]
- ^ a b Greenspan, R. J. (2012). "Seymour Benzer. 15 October 1921 -- 30 November 2007". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 58: 23–32. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2012.0031.
- ^ Greenspan, R. J. (2008). "Seymour Benzer (1921–2007)". Current Biology. 18 (3): R106–R110. Bibcode:2008CBio...18.R106G. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2007.12.039. PMID 18345547. S2CID 2094146.
- ^ Carl Zimmer (8 December 2007). "Seymour Benzer, geneticist, is dead at 86". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-02-18.