Carl Woese
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1928 – 2012
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Who was Carl Woese?
Carl Richard Woese was an American microbiologist and biophysicist. Woese is famous for defining the Archaea in 1977 by phylogenetic taxonomy of 16S ribosomal RNA, a technique pioneered by Woese which revolutionized the discipline of microbiology. He was also the originator of the RNA world hypothesis in 1967, although not by that name. He held the Stanley O. Ikenberry Chair and was professor of microbiology at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
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- Born
- Jul 15, 1928
Syracuse - Also known as
- Вёзе, Карл
- 卡尔·乌斯
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Amherst College
- Yale University
- Deerfield Academy
- Employment
- University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
- Lived in
- Syracuse
- Urbana
- Died
- Dec 30, 2012
Urbana
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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