Paul Berg
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Paul Berg was an American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and spent much of his career as a professor at Stanford University. He is historically important for pioneering recombinant DNA technology, which allows scientists to combine genetic material from different sources and laid the foundation for modern genetic engineering and biotechnology.
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- Exploring genetic mechanisms
- Glossary of terms frequently used in protein chemistry
- Dealing with genes
- Stanford Professor's Career in Biochemistry, Science Politics, and the Biotechnology Industry
- George Beadle, an Uncommon Farmer
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Paul Berg (June 30, 1926 – February 15, 2023) was an American biochemist and professor at Stanford University. He received the 1980 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his fundamental studies of the biochemistry of nucleic acids, with particular regard to recombinant-DNA".
Berg received his undergraduate education at Penn State University, where he majored in biochemistry. He received his PhD in biochemistry from Case Western Reserve University in 1952. Berg worked as a professor at Washington University School of Medicine and Stanford University School of Medicine, in addition to serving as the director of the Beckman Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine.
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1926 births2023 deathsAbraham Lincoln High School (Brooklyn) alumniAlumni of Clare Hall, CambridgeAmerican biochemistsAmerican biotechnologistsAmerican fellows of the Royal SocietyAmerican Nobel laureatesEberly College of Science alumniFellows of Clare Hall, CambridgeFellows of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesForeign members of the Royal Society