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Edward Lawrie Tatum 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…

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science · American geneticist (1909–1975) · biochemist · geneticist · microbiologist · physician · also Edward Lawrie Tatum, Edward Tatum, Tatum

Born 14 December 1909 · Died 5 November 1975 · Q237499

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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for their discovery that genes act by regulating definite chemical events.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1958).
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1975· 1 entry

Nov 5, 1975Documented record86% confidence

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Died 1975-11-05.

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1958· 3 entries

Dec 10, 1958Documented record85% confidence

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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for their discovery that genes act by regulating definite chemical events.

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Jun 15, 1958Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1958).

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With George Beadle for showing that genes control individual steps in metabolism

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1953· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1953Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Remsen Award (1953).

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And then joined the faculty of Rockefeller Institute in 1957

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1937· 1 entry

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Tatum worked at Stanford University, where he began collaborating with George Beadle on their work on fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster)

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1909· 1 entry

Dec 14, 1909Documented record86% confidence

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Born 1909-12-14.

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