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

Joshua Lederberg, a renowned geneticist and Nobel Prize laureate, argued that in the struggle against new diseases, “it’s our wits versus their genes.”

From New York Times • Oct. 3, 2020

Esther Lederberg, in particular, invented a now commonly used laboratory technique called Replica plating that led to Joshua Lederberg’s shared Nobel Prize in 1958.

From Slate • Oct. 3, 2017

Perhaps one of the most egregious is Joshua Lederberg, awarded the in 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for research he conducted with his first wife, microbiologist Esther Lederberg.

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