Joshua Lederberg, ForMemRS was an American molecular biologist known for his work in microbial genetics, artificial intelligence, and the United States space program.
17 Facts About Joshua Lederberg
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Joshua Lederberg was 33 years old when he won the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering that bacteria can mate and exchange genes.
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Joshua Lederberg shared the prize with Edward Tatum and George Beadle, who won for their work with genetics.
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Joshua Lederberg graduated from Stuyvesant High School in New York City at the age of 15 in 1941.
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Joshua Lederberg enrolled in Columbia University in 1941, majoring in zoology.
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Joshua Lederberg went on to receive his undergraduate degree in 1944.
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Joshua Lederberg began medical studies at Columbia's College of Physicians and Surgeons while continuing to perform experiments.
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In 1946 and 1947, Joshua Lederberg took a leave of absence to study under the mentorship of Tatum at Yale University.
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Joshua Lederberg married Esther Miriam Zimmer on December 13,1946.
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In 1956, M Laurance Morse, Esther Lederberg and Joshua Lederberg discovered specialized transduction.
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Joshua Lederberg has held visiting professorship in Bacteriology at the University of California, Berkeley in summer 1950 and University of Melbourne.
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In 1958, Joshua Lederberg received the Nobel Prize and moved to Stanford University, where he was the founder and chairman of the Department of Genetics.
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Joshua Lederberg collaborated with Frank Macfarlane Burnet to study viral antibodies.
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Joshua Lederberg advised quarantine for returning astronauts and equipment and sterilization of equipment prior to launch.
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Joshua Lederberg was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1959 and the American Philosophical Society in 1960.
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Joshua Lederberg married fellow scientist Esther Miriam Zimmer in 1946; they divorced in 1966.
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Joshua Lederberg was survived by Marguerite, their daughter, Anne Lederberg, and his stepson, David Kirsch.