The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1958
Awarded on: 1958-10-30
"for his discoveries concerning genetic recombination and the organization of the genetic material of bacteria"
Affiliations:
- University of Wisconsin – Madison, WI, USA
Joshua Lederberg
Born: 1925-05-23 in Montclair, NJ, USA
Gender: male
Field: American molecular biologist (1925–2008)
Biography
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. He shared the prize with Edward Tatum and George Beadle, who won for their work with genetics.