Awards & Winners

Norton Zinder

Date of Birth 07-November-1928
Place of Birth New York City
(New York, United States of America, Area code 917)
Nationality
Norton David Zinder was an American biologist famous for his discovery of genetic transduction. Zinder was born in New York City, received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and became a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1969. He led a lab at Rockefeller University until shortly before his death. In 1966 he was awarded the NAS Award in Molecular Biology from the National Academy of Sciences.

Awards by Norton Zinder

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1966


NAS Award in Molecular Biology
(For his discovery of RNA bacteriophages, a new class of bacteria-attacking viruses, which have provided researchers with a highly valuable and convenient method of studying fundamental processes in all living cells.)