Suchergebnisse
Suchergebnisse:
Maxine Frank Singer (born February 15, 1931) is an American molecular biologist and science administrator. She is known for her contributions to solving the genetic code , her role in the ethical and regulatory debates on recombinant DNA techniques (including the organization of the Asilomar Conference on Recombinant DNA ), and her ...
- American
- Recombinant DNA techniques
Maxine Frank Singer (* 15. Februar 1931 in New York City) ist eine US-amerikanische Biochemikerin und Molekularbiologin.
Over the course of a career spanning more than six decades, Maxine Singer has been a pioneering molecular biologist, an influential science administrator, and a leader in science policy and advocacy.
Maxine Singer Singer helped decipher the human genetic code—the chemical language that DNA uses to create the proteins that keep our bodies going and growing. One of her special concerns is recombinant DNA technology.
Maxine Singer (b. 1931) is a leading molecular biologist and science advocate. She has made important contributions to the deciphering of the genetic code and to our understanding of RNA and DNA, the chemical elements of heredity.
Maxine F. Singer was born to first generation Americans in Brooklyn, N.Y. Singer, who credits a high-school chemistry teacher with inspiring her to pursue science, studied biology and chemistry at Swarthmore College and earned a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Yale University in 1957.
1980-87 --Chief of the National Cancer Institute's Laboratory of Biochemistry. 1986 --Elected to membership in the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. 1988-2002 --President of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. 1992 --Awarded the National Medal of Science, the nation's highest scientific honor.
