Esther Miriam Lederberg

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Esther Miriam Lederberg (Zimmer)

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Birthplace: Bronx, New York, United States
Death: November 11, 2006 (83)
Stanford, United States
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Daughter of David Zimmer and Pauline Geller
Wife of Private
Ex-wife of Joshua Lederberg, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1958
Sister of Private

Occupation: Ph.D, Medical Research, geneticist -- mother of modern genetics and contributor to Nobel Prize in Medicine
Managed by: Itai Meshulam
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About Esther Miriam Lederberg

Dr. Lederberg is best known for the development of replica plating, and the discovery of lambda-phage transduction and lysogenicity. Her other interests included literature and Early Music.

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Esther Miriam Lederberg's Timeline

1922
December 18, 1922
Bronx, New York, United States
2006
November 11, 2006
Age 83
Stanford, United States