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85 relations: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society, Anthrax, Antibiotic, Artificial intelligence, Astrobiology, Avery–MacLeod–McCarty experiment, Bacteria, Bacterial conjugation, Benjamin Franklin Medal (American Philosophical Society), Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, Bioinformatics, Biology, Biology Today: An Issues Approach, Carl Sagan, Chemistry, Chromosome, Cloning, Columbia University, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, David Baltimore, Defense Science Board, Dendral, DNA, Edward Feigenbaum, Edward Tatum, Emeritus, Escherichia coli, Esther Lederberg, Eugenics, Expert system, Folate, Francis J. Ryan, Frederick Seitz, Genetic disorder, George Beadle, Gulf War syndrome, Gustav Nossal, Jews, Jimmy Carter, Joshua Lederberg, Kevin Warwick, LCF notation, Life on Mars, List of craters on Mars: H–N, List of Jewish Nobel laureates, Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, M. Laurance Morse, Macfarlane Burnet, Malaria, ... Expand index (35 more) »
- Charles H. Revson Foundation
- Jewish eugenicists
- Phage workers
- Presidents of Rockefeller University
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (The Academy) is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States.
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American Philosophical Society
The American Philosophical Society (APS) is an American scholarly organization and learned society founded in 1743 in Philadelphia that promotes knowledge in the humanities and natural sciences through research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, and community outreach.
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Anthrax
Anthrax is an infection caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis.
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Antibiotic
An antibiotic is a type of antimicrobial substance active against bacteria.
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Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI), in its broadest sense, is intelligence exhibited by machines, particularly computer systems.
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Astrobiology
Astrobiology is a scientific field within the life and environmental sciences that studies the origins, early evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe by investigating its deterministic conditions and contingent events.
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Avery–MacLeod–McCarty experiment
The Avery–MacLeod–McCarty experiment was an experimental demonstration by Oswald Avery, Colin MacLeod, and Maclyn McCarty that, in 1944, reported that DNA is the substance that causes bacterial transformation, in an era when it had been widely believed that it was proteins that served the function of carrying genetic information (with the very word protein itself coined to indicate a belief that its function was primary).
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Bacteria
Bacteria (bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell.
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Bacterial conjugation
Bacterial conjugation is the transfer of genetic material between bacterial cells by direct cell-to-cell contact or by a bridge-like connection between two cells.
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Benjamin Franklin Medal (American Philosophical Society)
The Benjamin Franklin Medal presented by the American Philosophical Society located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., also called Benjamin Franklin Bicentennial Medal, is awarded since 1906.
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Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society
The Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society is an academic journal on the history of science published annually by the Royal Society.
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Bioinformatics
Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary field of science that develops methods and software tools for understanding biological data, especially when the data sets are large and complex.
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Biology
Biology is the scientific study of life.
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Biology Today: An Issues Approach
Biology Today: An Issues Approach is a college-oriented Biology textbook by Eli C. Minkoff and Pamela J. Baker designed to integrate the teaching of biological concepts within the context of current societal issues relating to these topics.
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Carl Sagan
Carl Edward Sagan (November 9, 1934December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, planetary scientist, and science communicator. Joshua Lederberg and Carl Sagan are Astrobiologists, Jewish American scientists and scientists from New York (state).
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Chemistry
Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter.
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Chromosome
A chromosome is a package of DNA with part or all of the genetic material of an organism.
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Cloning
Cloning is the process of producing individual organisms with identical genomes, either by natural or artificial means.
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Columbia University
Columbia University, officially Columbia University in the City of New York, is a private Ivy League research university in New York City.
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Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
The Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (officially Columbia University Roy and Diana Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons) is the medical school of Columbia University, located at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan.
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David Baltimore
David Baltimore (born March 7, 1938) is an American biologist, university administrator, and 1975 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine. Joshua Lederberg and David Baltimore are American Nobel laureates, foreign Members of the Royal Society, Jewish American scientists, Members of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, national Medal of Science laureates, Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine and presidents of Rockefeller University.
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Defense Science Board
The Defense Science Board (DSB) is a committee of civilian experts appointed to advise the U.S. Department of Defense on scientific and technical matters.
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Dendral
Dendral was a project in artificial intelligence (AI) of the 1960s, and the computer software expert system that it produced.
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DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a polymer composed of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix.
Edward Feigenbaum
Edward Albert Feigenbaum (born January 20, 1936) is a computer scientist working in the field of artificial intelligence, and joint winner of the 1994 ACM Turing Award. Joshua Lederberg and Edward Feigenbaum are American artificial intelligence researchers.
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Edward Tatum
Edward Lawrie Tatum (December 14, 1909 – November 5, 1975) was an American geneticist. Joshua Lederberg and Edward Tatum are American Nobel laureates, American geneticists, Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine and Stanford University School of Medicine faculty.
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Emeritus
Emeritus (female version: emerita) is an honorary title granted to someone who retires from a position of distinction, most commonly an academic faculty position, but is allowed to continue using the previous title, as in "professor emeritus".
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Escherichia coli
Escherichia coliWells, J. C. (2000) Longman Pronunciation Dictionary.
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Esther Lederberg
Esther Miriam Zimmer Lederberg (December 18, 1922 – November 11, 2006) was an American microbiologist and a pioneer of bacterial genetics. Joshua Lederberg and Esther Lederberg are American geneticists, Jewish American scientists and Phage workers.
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Eugenics
Eugenics is a set of beliefs and practices that aim to improve the genetic quality of a human population.
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Expert system
In artificial intelligence (AI), an expert system is a computer system emulating the decision-making ability of a human expert.
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Folate
Folate, also known as vitamin B9 and folacin, is one of the B vitamins.
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Francis J. Ryan
Francis Joseph Ryan (February 1, 1916 – July 14, 1963) was an American zoologist.
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Frederick Seitz
Frederick Seitz (July 4, 1911 – March 2, 2008) was an American physicist, tobacco industry lobbyist, and climate change denier. Joshua Lederberg and Frederick Seitz are national Medal of Science laureates and presidents of Rockefeller University.
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Genetic disorder
A genetic disorder is a health problem caused by one or more abnormalities in the genome.
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George Beadle
George Wells Beadle (October 22, 1903 – June 9, 1989) was an American geneticist. Joshua Lederberg and George Beadle are American Nobel laureates, American geneticists, foreign Members of the Royal Society, Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine faculty and Time Person of the Year.
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Gulf War syndrome
Gulf War syndrome (GWS) also known as Gulf War Illness or Chronic Multi-symptom Illness, is a chronic and multi-symptomatic disorder affecting military veterans of both sides of the Gulf War (1990–1991).
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Gustav Nossal
Sir Gustav Victor Joseph Nossal (born 4 June 1931) is an Austrian-born Australian research biologist.
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Jews
The Jews (יְהוּדִים) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites of the ancient Near East, and whose traditional religion is Judaism.
Jimmy Carter
James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. Joshua Lederberg and Jimmy Carter are American Nobel laureates, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients and Time Person of the Year.
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Joshua Lederberg
Joshua Lederberg, ForMemRS (May 23, 1925 – February 2, 2008) was an American molecular biologist known for his work in microbial genetics, artificial intelligence, and the United States space program. Joshua Lederberg and Joshua Lederberg are 1994 Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery, American Nobel laureates, American artificial intelligence researchers, American eugenicists, American geneticists, Astrobiologists, Charles H. Revson Foundation, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons alumni, Deaths from pneumonia in New York City, foreign Members of the Royal Society, history of genetics, Jewish American scientists, Jewish biologists, Jewish eugenicists, Members of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, national Medal of Science laureates, Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine, Phage workers, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients, presidents of Rockefeller University, scientists from New York (state), Stanford University School of Medicine faculty, Stuyvesant High School alumni, Time Person of the Year, United States Navy corpsmen and university of Wisconsin–Madison faculty.
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Kevin Warwick
Kevin Warwick (born 9 February 1954) is an English engineer and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at Coventry University.
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LCF notation
In the mathematical field of graph theory, LCF notation or LCF code is a notation devised by Joshua Lederberg, and extended by H. S. M. Coxeter and Robert Frucht, for the representation of cubic graphs that contain a Hamiltonian cycle.
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Life on Mars
The possibility of life on Mars is a subject of interest in astrobiology due to the planet's proximity and similarities to Earth.
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List of craters on Mars: H–N
This is a partial list of craters on Mars.
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List of Jewish Nobel laureates
Of the 965 individual recipients of the Nobel Prize and the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences between 1901 and 2023, at least 214 have been Jews or people with at least one Jewish parent, representing 22% of all recipients.
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Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza
Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza (25 January 1922 – 31 August 2018) was an Italian geneticist. Joshua Lederberg and Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza are foreign Members of the Royal Society, Members of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and Stanford University School of Medicine faculty.
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M. Laurance Morse
Melvin Laurance Morse (February 23, 1921 – November 7, 2003) was an American microbiologist. Joshua Lederberg and m. Laurance Morse are American geneticists and Phage workers.
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Macfarlane Burnet
Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet (3 September 1899 – 31 August 1985), usually known as Macfarlane or Mac Burnet, was an Australian virologist known for his contributions to immunology. Joshua Lederberg and Macfarlane Burnet are Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine and Phage workers.
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Malaria
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects vertebrates.
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Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun.
Microbiologist
A microbiologist (from Greek μῑκρος) is a scientist who studies microscopic life forms and processes.
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Molecular biology
Molecular biology is a branch of biology that seeks to understand the molecular basis of biological activity in and between cells, including biomolecular synthesis, modification, mechanisms, and interactions.
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Montclair, New Jersey
Montclair is a township in Essex County in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
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NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a United States nonprofit, non-governmental organization.
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National Medal of Science
The National Medal of Science is an honor bestowed by the President of the United States to individuals in science and engineering who have made important contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the fields of behavioral and social sciences, biology, chemistry, engineering, mathematics and physics.
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Neurospora crassa
Neurospora crassa is a type of red bread mold of the phylum Ascomycota.
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New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin) is awarded yearly by the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute for outstanding discoveries in physiology or medicine.
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Norton Zinder
Norton David Zinder (November 7, 1928 – February 3, 2012) was an American biologist famous for his discovery of genetic transduction. Joshua Lederberg and Norton Zinder are Phage workers.
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Oswald Avery
Oswald Theodore Avery Jr. (October 21, 1877 – February 20, 1955) was a Canadian-American physician and medical researcher. Joshua Lederberg and Oswald Avery are American geneticists, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons alumni, foreign Members of the Royal Society, history of genetics and scientists from New York (state).
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PBS
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Crystal City, Virginia.
Phenotype
In genetics, the phenotype is the set of observable characteristics or traits of an organism.
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian award of the United States, alongside the Congressional Gold Medal. Joshua Lederberg and Presidential Medal of Freedom are Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients.
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ProQuest
ProQuest LLC is an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based global information-content and technology company, founded in 1938 as University Microfilms by Eugene Power.
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Rabbi
A rabbi (רַבִּי|translit.
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Regeneron Science Talent Search
The Regeneron Science Talent Search, known for its first 57 years as the Westinghouse Science Talent Search, and then as the Intel Science Talent Search (Intel STS) from 1998 through 2016, is a research-based science competition in the United States for high school seniors.
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Rockefeller University
The Rockefeller University is a private biomedical research and graduate-only university in New York City, New York.
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Royal Society
The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences.
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Science History Institute
The Science History Institute is an institution that preserves and promotes understanding of the history of science.
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Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.
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Spina bifida
Spina bifida (SB; /ˌspaɪnə ˈbɪfɪdə/, Latin for 'split spine') is a birth defect in which there is incomplete closing of the spine and the membranes around the spinal cord during early development in pregnancy.
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Sputnik 1
Sputnik 1 (Спутник-1, Satellite 1) was the first artificial Earth satellite.
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Stanford University
Stanford University (officially Leland Stanford Junior University) is a private research university in Stanford, California.
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Stuyvesant High School
Stuyvesant High School (pronounced), commonly referred to among its students as Stuy (pronounced), is a public college-preparatory, specialized high school in New York City, United States.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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Theodosius Dobzhansky
Theodosius Grigorievich Dobzhansky (Феодо́сий Григо́рьевич Добржа́нский; Теодо́сій Григо́рович Добржа́нський; January 25, 1900 – December 18, 1975) was an American geneticist and evolutionary biologist. Joshua Lederberg and Theodosius Dobzhansky are American geneticists, foreign Members of the Royal Society and national Medal of Science laureates.
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Transduction (genetics)
Transduction is the process by which foreign DNA is introduced into a cell by a virus or viral vector.
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University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California.
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University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne (also colloquially known as Melbourne University) is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia.
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University of Wisconsin–Madison
The University of Wisconsin–Madison (University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, UW, UW–Madison, or simply Madison) is a public land-grant research university in Madison, Wisconsin, United States.
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Washington Heights, Manhattan
Washington Heights is a neighborhood in the northern part of the borough of Manhattan in New York City.
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Xanthe Terra
Xanthe Terra is a large area on Mars, centered just north of the Martian equator.
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Yale University
Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut.
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See also
Charles H. Revson Foundation
- Adrian W. DeWind
- Arthur Levitt
- Beatrix Hamburg
- Benjamin Buttenwieser
- Charles H. Revson Foundation
- Charles Revson
- Clifford Tabin
- Errol Louis
- Gerald Rosenfeld
- Harold Tanner
- Helaine M. Barnett
- Henry Louis Gates Jr.
- Jeffrey Goldberg
- Jerome Groopman
- John Sexton
- Joshua Lederberg
- Martha Minow
- Matina Horner
- Matthew Nimetz
- Philip Leder
- Red Burns
- Reynold Levy
- Robert Curvin
- Simon H. Rifkind
- Steven Hyman
- Victor Barnett
Jewish eugenicists
- Aaron Rosanoff
- Alan Frank Guttmacher
- Alfred Nossig
- Arthur Ruppin
- Bronze Age Pervert
- Eugen Relgis
- Franz Josef Kallmann
- Frida Laski
- Harry L. Shapiro
- Hermann Joseph Muller
- Jeffrey Epstein
- Joshua Lederberg
- Max Hodann
- Max Nordau
- Nathaniel Weyl
- Ruby Sophia Rich
- Samuel Simeon Fels
- Seymour Itzkoff
- Stella Churchill
Phage workers
- Élie Wollman
- Abraham Eisenstark
- Alfred Hershey
- Allan M. Campbell
- André Michel Lwoff
- Beth Levine (physician)
- Bruce Alberts
- Elizabeth Kutter
- Emory Ellis
- Esther Lederberg
- Félix d'Hérelle
- François Jacob
- Francis Crick
- Franklin Stahl
- George Eliava
- Gisela Mosig
- Gunther Stent
- Hamilton O. Smith
- Harrison Echols
- James J. Bull
- James Watson
- Jean Weigle
- Joshua Lederberg
- Lin Chao
- M. Laurance Morse
- Macfarlane Burnet
- Max Delbrück
- Melvin I. Simon
- Nat Sternberg
- Norton Zinder
- Richard Lenski
- Roy Mackal
- Salvador Luria
- Seymour Benzer
- Siddhartha Roy
- Stefan Ślopek
- Sydney Brenner
- Walter Fiers
- Werner Arber
Presidents of Rockefeller University
- Arnold J. Levine
- David Baltimore
- Detlev Bronk
- Frederick Seitz
- Herbert Spencer Gasser
- Joshua Lederberg
- Marc Tessier-Lavigne
- Paul Nurse
- Richard P. Lifton
- Richard S. Young
- Simon Flexner
- Thomas Sakmar
- Torsten Wiesel
References
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