Born in Bronx, New York, United States
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 83
in Stanford, Santa Clara, California, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Sep 2014
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Biography
Esther (Zimmer) Lederberg is Notable.
Esther (Zimmer) Lederberg has Jewish Roots.
Daughter of Pauline Geller and David Zimmer, an immigrant from Sereth, Bukowina, Austro-Hungarian Empire (today Romania). The family was Orthodox Jewish.
Esther Lederberg discovered the lambda phage, a bacterial virus which is widely used as a tool to study gene regulation and genetic recombination. She also invented the replica plating technique, which is used to isolate and analyse bacterial mutants and track antibiotic resistance.
Sources
- Lara Marks, "Professor Esther Lederberg", What is Biotechnology blog, December 2015.
- Wikipedia:Esther Lederberg
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