Robert Sinsheimer
Robert Sinsheimer · Science & Medicine
Biophysicist who studied viral DNA and helped launch the Human Genome Project
1920, Washington, D.C., United States — 2017, California, United States
United States
Robert Sinsheimer is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Biophysicist who studied viral DNA and helped launch the Human Genome Project
Robert L. Sinsheimer was an American biophysicist who studied the DNA of the bacteriophage phiX174 and produced the first complete sequence of a viral genome's genetic code. As chancellor of UC Santa Cruz he convened the 1985 meeting that helped catalyze the Human Genome Project. He is listed among Jewish figures in biomedical science.
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Biophysicist who studied viral DNA and helped launch the Human Genome Project
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
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