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Joshua Lederberg

nobel prize for medicine


Details of the Nobel Prize awarded to Joshua Lederberg
Full Name
of the recipient		Joshua Lederberg
AwardNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year of Award1958
Share in Award50.0%
Award Shared withGeorge Wells Beadle (25.0%)
Edward Lawrie Tatum (25.0%)
Motivation
for the Award		for his discoveries concerning genetic recombination and the organization of the genetic material of bacteria
Affiliation
at the Time of Award		University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
Place of BirthMontclair, NJ, United States USA
Date of Birth23 May 1925
Age
at the time of Award		32 years
Place of DeathNew York, NY, United States USA
Date of Death2 February 2008
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