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  1. Salvador Edward Luria (born Salvatore Luria; August 13, 1912 – February 6, 1991) was an Italian microbiologist, later a naturalized U.S. citizen. He won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1969, with Max Delbrück and Alfred Hershey , for their discoveries on the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses.

  2. Salvador Luria (born Aug. 13, 1912, Turin, Italy—died Feb. 6, 1991, Lexington, Mass., U.S.) was an Italian-born American biologist who, along with Max Delbrück and Alfred Day Hershey, won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1969 for research on bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria. Luria graduated from the University of ...

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  3. From MIT Press, Salvador Luria: An Immigrant Biologist in Cold War America is a compelling portrait of the Nobel-winning scientist. Perhaps best known for his research on bacteriophages, Luria conducted work with viruses and bacteria in the 1940s. He joined MIT in 1960, and continued on to break ground in molecular biology and cancer research ...

  4. Salvador Edward Luria was born on August 13th, 1912, in Torino, Italy. He has been a naturalized citizen of the U.S.A. since January 1947. In 1929 he started his studies in Medicine at the University of Torino, where he obtained his M. D. summa cum laude in 1935. From 1938 to 1940 he was Research Fellow at the Institute of Radium in Paris; 1940 ...

  5. Nov 18, 2022 · The book explores the life of longtime MIT professor Salvador Luria (1912–1991), whose passion for science was equaled by his commitment to political engagement in Cold War America. Luria was born in Italy, where the Fascists came to power when he was 10.

  6. Pioneering microbial geneticist Salvador Edward Luria was born Salvatore Luria in Turin, Italy, on August 13, 1912, the second son of David Luria, an accountant, and his wife Esther. His school years coincided with the rise of fascism in Italy, and he was strongly influenced by several of his teachers who resisted the movement.

  7. Brief Bio. Salvador Edward Luria was born to a Jewish family in Turin, Italy, on August 13, 1912, Luria received his M.D. at the University of Turin in 1935. Drafted into the Italian army, he spent two years as a medical officer in 1936 and 1937 before pursuing postgraduate training in radiology and physics at the University of Rome, where he ...

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