Davidson, Norman Ralph

Davidson, Norman Ralph
▪ 2003

      American biochemist (b. April 5, 1916, Chicago, Ill.—d. Feb. 14, 2002, Pasadena, Calif.), conducted groundbreaking research in molecular biology that contributed to a fuller understanding of the genetic blueprint of human life. After studying at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes scholar, Davidson earned (1941) a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Chicago. From 1946 to 1986 he was a professor at the California Institute of Technology. His research greatly influenced the study of genomic structure. Davidson developed new methods in electron microscopy and physical chemistry that aided genetic mapping and investigations of the information properties of DNA and RNA. Davidson was a founding member of the advisory council to the Human Genome Project. He received a National Medal of Science in 1996.

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