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Science & Medicine

Leonard Herzenberg

Who

Leonard Herzenberg · Science & Medicine

What

Geneticist who invented the fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS), transforming cell biology.

When

1931, Brooklyn, New York, United States — 2013, Stanford, California, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Leonard Herzenberg is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Geneticist who invented the fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS), transforming cell biology.

How & why

Herzenberg, an American Jewish geneticist at Stanford, invented the fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS), a machine that identifies and sorts individual cells by their molecular markers and transformed immunology and cell biology. For this achievement he received the Kyoto Prize.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology

Contributions & Sources

Geneticist who invented the fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS), transforming cell biology.

1931

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology