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Edward Tatum
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US genetics scientist (1909-1975)
Edward Tatum was an American geneticist who made fundamental discoveries about how genes work by studying bread mold in the 1940s, showing that genes control the production of specific proteins in living organisms. His work revolutionized our understanding of genetics at the molecular level and earned him the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, establishing the foundation for modern molecular biology.
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- Works
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Top works
- In The East Texas Hills
- Shelby County, in the east Texas hills
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5 total works indexed
- Equation of State Calculations by Fast Computing Machines
· 1953 · cited 29,949x
- Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being.
· 2000 · cited 28,528x
- The "What" and "Why" of Goal Pursuits: Human Needs and the Self-Determination of Behavior
· 2000 · cited 24,748x
- Adsorption of Gases in Multimolecular Layers
· 1938 · cited 24,534x
- THE USE OF LEAD CITRATE AT HIGH pH AS AN ELECTRON-OPAQUE STAIN IN ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
· 1963 · cited 18,991x
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Key facts
- Born
- Edward Lawrie Tatum , December 14, 1909, Boulder, Colorado , U.S.
- Died
- November 5, 1975 (1975-11-05) (aged 65), New York City , U.S.
- Alma mater
- University of Chicago , University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Known for
- Gene regulation of biochemical events within cells
- Awards
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Fields
- Genetics
- Institutions
- Stanford University , Yale University , Rockefeller Institute
- Doctoral students
- Joshua Lederberg Carolyn Slayman
- Other notable students
- Esther M. Lederberg
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1958
“for their discovery that genes act by regulating definite chemical events”
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- date of death
- 1975-11-05
- date of birth
- 1909-12-14
- Erdős number
- 11
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Encyclopedic overview
Edward Lawrie Tatum (December 14, 1909 – November 5, 1975) was an American geneticist. He shared half of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1958 with George Beadle for showing that genes control individual steps in metabolism. The other half of that year's award went to Joshua Lederberg. Tatum was an elected member of the United States National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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