Seymour Benzer

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Seymour Benzer was an influential American molecular biologist and neuroscientist whose pioneering work in gene mapping and the genetic basis of behavior helped establish modern neurogenetics.

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instanceOf American scientist ⓘ
geneticist ⓘ
human ⓘ
molecular biologist ⓘ
neuroscientist ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in physics ⓘ
awardReceived Lasker Award ⓘ
National Medal of Science ⓘ
Wolf Prize in Medicine ⓘ
linked to: Wolf Prize
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1921-10-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2007-11-30 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Karl Lark-Horovitz ⓘ
doctoralStudent James Spudich ⓘ
Robert Horvitz ⓘ
linked to: H. Robert Horvitz

Sydney Brenner ⓘ
educatedAt Brooklyn College ⓘ
Purdue University ⓘ
employer California Institute of Technology ⓘ
Purdue University ⓘ
familyName Benzer ⓘ
fieldOfWork biophysics ⓘ
genetics ⓘ
molecular biology ⓘ
neurogenetics ⓘ
neuroscience ⓘ
fullName Seymour Benzer ⓘ
givenName Seymour ⓘ
knownFor T4 bacteriophage rII locus mapping ⓘ
concept of cistron in genetics ⓘ
demonstrating that genes are linear structures ⓘ
fine-structure mapping of genes ⓘ
founding modern neurogenetics ⓘ
genetic analysis of behavior in Drosophila melanogaster ⓘ
work on the genetic basis of circadian rhythms ⓘ
work on the genetic basis of learning and memory in flies ⓘ
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
notableConcept cistron ⓘ
fine-structure genetic mapping ⓘ
placeOfBirth Brooklyn ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
placeOfDeath Pasadena ⓘ
researchSubject Drosophila melanogaster ⓘ
bacteriophage T4 ⓘ
circadian rhythm mutants in flies ⓘ
learning and memory mutants in flies ⓘ
workLocation Pasadena ⓘ
West Lafayette, Indiana ⓘ

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