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Gary Felsenfeld

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Gary Felsenfeld · Science & Medicine

What

Biophysicist known for research on chromatin and gene regulation

When

1929, New York City, United States — 2024, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Gary Felsenfeld is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Biophysicist known for research on chromatin and gene regulation

How & why

A physical chemist who spent more than six decades at the US National Institutes of Health, Felsenfeld pioneered the quantitative study of chromatin and gene regulation and identified insulator elements that partition the genome into independent domains. Born in New York, he is documented among Jewish American scientists.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science

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Biophysicist known for research on chromatin and gene regulation

1929

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science