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Paul Berg

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Paul Berg

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American biochemist, Professor emeritus at Stanford University & Nobel laureate in Chemistry (1926–2023)

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Paul Berg was an American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and spent much of his career as a professor at Stanford University. He is historically important for pioneering recombinant DNA technology, which allows scientists to combine genetic material from different sources and laid the foundation for modern genetic engineering and biotechnology.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1926
Died
2023
Works
9

Top works

  • Exploring genetic mechanisms
  • Glossary of terms frequently used in protein chemistry
  • Dealing with genes
  • Stanford Professor's Career in Biochemistry, Science Politics, and the Biotechnology Industry
  • George Beadle, an Uncommon Farmer

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Type
Person
Country
AT
Active from
1885-02-09
Active to
1935-12-24

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Total plays
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5 total works indexed

  1. Nonparametric Estimation from Incomplete Observations

    · 1958 · cited 70,801x

  2. “Mini-mental state”

    · 1975 · cited 68,251x

  3. Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support

    · 2009 · cited 46,766x

  4. Cytoscape: A Software Environment for Integrated Models of Biomolecular Interaction Networks

    · 2003 · cited 45,677x

  5. SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python

    · 2020 · cited 36,397x

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Chemistry1980

    “for his fundamental studies of the biochemistry of nucleic acids, with particular regard to recombinant-DNA”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Paul
Family name
Berg
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Brooklyn
Place of death
Stanford
Occupation
researcher
Employer
Stanford University
Languages spoken
English language
Field of work
biochemistry
Image
Paul Berg in 1980.jpg
Number of children
1
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member of
American Association for the Advancement of Science
date of birth
1926-06-30
Commons category
Paul Berg
partner in business or sport
Maxine Singer
different from
Paul Berg
name in native language
Paul Naim Berg
date of death
2023-02-15
interested in
biochemistry
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Encyclopedic overview

Paul Berg (June 30, 1926 – February 15, 2023) was an American biochemist and professor at Stanford University. He received the 1980 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his fundamental studies of the biochemistry of nucleic acids, with particular regard to recombinant-DNA".

Berg received his undergraduate education at Penn State University, where he majored in biochemistry. He received his PhD in biochemistry from Case Western Reserve University in 1952. Berg worked as a professor at Washington University School of Medicine and Stanford University School of Medicine, in addition to serving as the director of the Beckman Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine.

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