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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Under lights strung up on the drying house, Kornberg said it was all starting to get her down — but not enough to give it all up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2022

Jessie Kornberg, the Skirball’s chief executive, said she thought there were advantages to telling the story from outside New York.

From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 2022

"Lauren Alaina represents the essence of feel good fashion for real life," Kornberg said in a statement.

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