Max Delbrück(1906)
MedicineMax Ludwig Henning Delbrück was a German–American biophysicist who participated in launching the molecular biology research program in the late 1930s. He stimulated physical scientists' interest into biology, especially as to basic research to physically explain genes, mysterious at the time. Formed in 1945 and led by Delbrück along with Salvador Luria and Alfred Hershey, the Phage Group made substantial headway unraveling important aspects of genetics.
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1969for their discoveries concerning the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses
California Institute of TechnologyExternal Profiles
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Education
University of Göttingen
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Career Timeline
California Institute of Technology?–present
Vanderbilt University1940–1947
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National Academy of Sciences (US)American Academy of Arts and SciencesPontifical Academy of Sciences
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2025)
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2025)
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Fred Ramsdell
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2025)
KK
Katalin Karikó
Gruber Prize in Neuroscience (2024)
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Victor Ambros
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2024)
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Gary Ruvkun
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2024)
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Drew Weissman
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2023)
SP
Svante Pääbo
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2022)
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