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Barbara McClintock (June 16, 1902 – September 2, 1992) was an American scientist and cytogeneticist who was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. McClintock received her PhD in botany from Cornell University in 1927.
May 27, 2024 · Barbara McClintock (born June 16, 1902, Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.—died September 2, 1992, Huntington, New York) was an American scientist whose discovery in the 1940s and ’50s of mobile genetic elements, or “ jumping genes,” won her the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1983.
Throughout her career, Barbara McClintock studied the cytogenetics of maize, making discoveries so far beyond the understanding of the time that other scientists essentially ignored her work for more than a decade. But she persisted, trusting herself and the evidence under her microscope.
Sep 2, 1992 · Barbara McClintock. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1983. Born: 16 June 1902, Hartford, CT, USA. Died: 2 September 1992, Huntington, NY, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA. Prize motivation: “for her discovery of mobile genetic elements” Prize share: 1/1. Life.
Barbara McClintock was a pioneer in the field of cytogenetics, and she left a lasting legacy of superb experimental inquiry. McClintock’s breeding experiments with maize are particularly...
McClintock was recognized throughout her career as one of the most distinguished scientists of the 20th century. In 1944, she became the third woman elected to the National Academy of Sciences. She was the first woman to become president of the Genetics Society of America, to which she was elected in 1945.
Sep 2, 1992 · Barbara McClintock was a Nobel prize-winning plant geneticist, whose multiple discoveries in maize have changed our understanding of genetics.
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