Delbrück

[ del-brook; German del-bryk ]

noun

1. Max [maks, mahks], 1906–81, U.S. biologist, born in Germany: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1969.

Delbrück

/ delˈbryk /

noun

1. DelbrückMax19061981MUSGermanSCIENCE: biologist Max. 1906–81, US molecular biologist, born in Germany. Noted for his work on bacteriophages, he shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1969

Delbrück

/ dĕl′brk′ /

1. German-born American biologist who was a pioneer in the study of molecular genetics. He discovered in 1946 that viruses can exchange genetic material to create new types of viruses. He shared a 1969 Nobel Prize for his work in viral genetics.

Example Sentences

After briefly working with Delbrück on bacterial genetics, Vogt went to work for Dulbecco on the poliovirus assay in 1952.

From Science News

Delbruck and Forel have indicated the importance of auto-suggestion in the formation of pathological cheating and reverie.

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