Lederberg

American  

[led-er-burg] / ˈlɛd ərˌbɜrg /

noun

1. Joshua, 1925–2008, U.S. geneticist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1958.

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Lederberg British  

/ ˈlɛdəˌbɜːɡ /

noun

1. Joshua. 1925–2008, US geneticist, who discovered the phenomenon of transduction in bacteria. Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1958 with George Beadle and Edward Tatum

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Lederberg Scientific  

/ lĕd′ər-bûrg′,lā′dər- /

1. American geneticist who made important discoveries concerning the organization of the genetic material of bacteria and developed techniques for the manipulation and combination of genes. For this work he shared with American biochemists George Beadle and Edward Tatum the 1958 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.

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Example Sentences

Dr. Lederberg then talked the topic up to officials at the National Academy of Sciences and NASA, calling it not astrobiology but exobiology.

From New York Times • Jul. 24, 2020

Even more startling is the story of Esther Lederberg.

From Slate • Oct. 3, 2017

Esther Lederberg discovered a virus that infects bacteria, and, with her husband, developed a way to transfer bacteria between petri dishes.

From National Geographic • Oct. 6, 2015

“The single biggest threat to man’s continued dominance on this planet is the virus,” the Nobel Prize-winning biologist Joshua Lederberg once wrote.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 1, 2014

Since I was afraid that Lederberg might soon see the same light, I was anxious to publish quickly a joint article with Bill Hayes.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson