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Maxine Singer
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American molecular biologist (1931–2024)
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Maxine Singer, born Maxine Frank in 1931 in Brooklyn, was an American biochemist, molecular biologist, chemist, and biologist. She was educated at Swarthmore College and Yale University. Her professional career included positions at the United States National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute. Singer was a member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
She participated in the Asilomar Conference on Recombinant DNA and the Gordon Research Conferences. Her business or sport partners included Marshall Warren Nirenberg and Paul Berg. Singer received the Guggenheim Fellowship, the National Medal of Science, the Philip Hauge Abelson Prize, and the NAS Public Welfare Medal. Her archives are held at the Library of Congress. She died in Washington, D.C., in 2024.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Frank
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Place of death
- Washington, D.C.
- Occupation
- chemist
- Employer
- National Cancer Institute
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- Gordon Research Conferences
- Field of work
- biology
- Image
- Nci-vol-8248-300 maxine singer.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1931-02-15
- Commons category
- Maxine Singer
- archives at
- Library of Congress
- birth name
- Maxine Frank
- described at URL
- www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ads4179
- partner in business or sport
- Paul Berg
- date of death
- 2024-07-09
- name in native language
- Maxine Singer
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