Gallery 16: Telegram sent to Edward Tatum telling him that he, George Beadle and Joshua Lederberg will share the 1958 Nobel Pri

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16401. Gallery 18: 1958 Nobel Prize winners

1958 Nobel Prize winners: (L-R) George Beadle, Edward Tatum (Physiology or Medicine), I. Tamm (Physics), F. Sanger (Chemistry), P. Cherenkov (Physics), I. Frank (Physics), Joshua Lederberg (Physiology or Medicine).

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16372. Biography 16: Edward Lawrie Tatum (1909-1975)

Edward Tatum and George Beadle used Neurospora to prove that "one gene makes one protein." Tatum also had a role in starting bacterial genetics.

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16418. Biography 18: Joshua Lederberg (1925-2008)

Joshua Lederberg discovered bacterial recombination and started a new field of research.

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15009. George Wells Beadle and Edward Tatum

won Nobel in physiology or medicine in 1958 for work demonstrating the "one gene one protein" hypothesis. elegant experiment done with Edward Tatum. induced mutations that caused lack of vitamin B6 in red bread mold.

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16371. Biography 16: George Wells Beadle (1903-1989)

George Beadle had successful research careers in corn and Drosophila genetics, before starting the field of Neurospora research.

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16147. Gallery 1: George Beadle, 1914

Young George Beadle (1958 winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine), with his father and sister, 1914.

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16400. Gallery 18: 1958 Nobel Prize Telegram

Telegram telling Lederberg that he will share in the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine.

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16415. Video 18: Joshua Lederberg, clip 4

The Nobel moment: how he was informed that he had won the Nobel prize.

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16685. Biography 32: Barbara McClintock (1902 -1992)

Barbara McClintock did pioneer work in plant genetics. She received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1983.

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16409. Gallery 18: Alfred Hershey, 1969

Alfred Hershey receiving the 1969 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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