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Joshua Lederberg was an American molecular biologist known for his work in microbial genetics, artificial intelligence, and the United States space program. He was 33 years old when he won the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering that bacteria can mate and exchange genes ; work that was conducted alongside his wife Esther, who was uncredited for her contributions. He shared t…
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science · American molecular biologist (1925–2008) · geneticist · molecular biologist · university teacher · computer scientist · artificial intelligence researcher · physician · zoologist · microbiologist · also Joshua Lederberg, J. Lederberg, J Lederberg, Lederberg, Lederberg J, Lederberg J.
Born 23 May 1925 · Died 2 February 2008 · Q218823
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National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine: Microbial Evolution and Co-Adaptation: A Tribute to the Life and Scientific Legacies of Joshua Lederberg: Workshop Summary
The Scientist: Joshua Lederberg
The Washington Post: Joshua Lederberg; Pioneer of Molecular Biology
Died 2008-02-02.
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Won Presidential Medal of Freedom presented by George W. Bush (2006).
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Awarded Maxwell Finland Award (1997).
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Awarded ACM-AAAI Allen Newell Award (1995).
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Awarded ACM Fellow (1994).
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Headed the Department of Defense's Task Force on Persian Gulf War Health Effects, which investigated Gulf War Syndrome
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Won National Medal of Science (1989).
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Received National Medal of Science for his contributions to the scientific world
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Awarded William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement (1982).
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Awarded Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1979).
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Became the president of Rockefeller University, until he stepped down in 1990 and became professor-emeritus of molecular genetics and informatics at Rockefeller University, reflecting his extensive research and public
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Won Wilbur Cross Medal (1969).
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And the American Philosophical Society in 1960
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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for his discoveries concerning genetic recombination and the organization of the genetic material of bacteria.
Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1958).
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Joshua Lederberg received the Nobel Prize and moved to Stanford University, where he was the founder and chairman of the Department of Genetics
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Lederberg became concerned about the biological impact of space exploration
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Joshua Lederberg founded the Department of Medical Genetics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
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Was elected to the National Academy of Sciences
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The Society of Illinois Bacteriologists simultaneously awarded Joshua Lederberg and Esther Lederberg the Pasteur Medal, for "their outstanding contributions to the fields of microbiology and genetics"
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That genetic material could be transferred from one strain of the bacterium Salmonella typhimurium to another using viral material as an intermediary step
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Was a member of various panels of the Presidential Science Advisory Committee
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Studied at Yale University, Doctor of Philosophy (1948).
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And 1947, Lederberg took a leave of absence to study under the mentorship of Tatum at Yale University
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Born 1925-05-23.
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And moved to Washington Heights, Manhattan as an infant
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