Gerald Fink
Gerald Fink · Science & Medicine
Geneticist who pioneered yeast as a model organism for molecular genetics
1940, Brooklyn, New York, United States
United States
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Fink is an American geneticist and founding member of the Whitehead Institute who pioneered baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) as a model organism, developing the yeast-transformation technique that lets researchers introduce and control foreign DNA. This made yeast a cornerstone of molecular biology and biotechnology. He is Jewish, born in Brooklyn.
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Geneticist who pioneered yeast as a model organism for molecular genetics
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
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