Kornberg

American  

[kawrn-burg] / ˈkɔrn bɜrg /

noun

1. Arthur, 1918–2007, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1959.

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Kornberg Scientific  

/ kôrn′bûrg′ /

1. American biochemist who discovered DNA polymerase, the enzyme that synthesizes new DNA. For this work, he shared with Severo Ochoa the 1959 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine. In 1967 Kornberg became the first person to synthesize viral DNA.

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“If we didn’t have side projects and the teaching stuff we do, it would be very hard to maintain the farm,” Kornberg said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2022

“Much of the history of the deli has been told by New Yorkers, or with a focus on New York delis,” Ms. Kornberg said.

From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 2022

CEO of Maurices David Kornberg said Alaina's use of "country music, faith, family, community and resilience" to inspire women is an embodiment of the Maurices customer.

From Fox News ● Jan. 19, 2022

Comtech said last month its chief executive Fred Kornberg would be succeeded by its president and chief operating officer Michael Porcelain.

From Reuters ● Nov. 1, 2021

If such an enzyme existed, Kornberg reasoned, the easiest place to find it would be in an organism that was dividing rapidly—E. coli during its furious phase of growth.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee