Joshua Lederberg

Joshua Lederberg

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1958

University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire

“for his discoveries concerning genetic recombination and the organization of the genetic material of bacteria”

Joshua Lederberg was an American geneticist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1958 for discoveries concerning genetic recombination and the organization of the genetic material of bacteria.

Field
Biology · Genetics
Lifespan
1925–2008