Stephen Harrison
Stephen Harrison · Science & Medicine
Structural biologist who determined the atomic structures of viruses
1941, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
United States (Cambridge · Boston, Massachusetts — Harvard)
Stephen Harrison is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Structural biologist who determined the atomic structures of viruses
Harrison determined in 1978 the first high-resolution atomic structure of an intact virus (tomato bushy stunt virus) by X-ray crystallography, then went on to solve structures of dengue, HIV and other pathogens that now guide vaccine design. Jewish biographical references list him among Jewish scientists, though his background is not otherwise widely documented.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
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Structural biologist who determined the atomic structures of viruses
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
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