Élie Wollman | |
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Born | |
Died | June 1, 2008 | (aged 90)
Known for | Plasmids, conjugation |
Spouse | Odile Wollman |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Microbial genetics |
Institutions | Pasteur Institute |
Thesis | Recherche sur la conjugaison des bactéries et sur le déterminisme génétique de la lysogénie [studies on bacterial conjugation and genetic determinism of lysogeny] (1958) |
Élie Léo Wollman (July 4, 1917 – June 1, 2008) was a French microbial geneticist who first described plasmids (what he termed "episomes"), and served as vice director of research for the Pasteur Institute for twenty years. [1] He was awarded the 1976 Grand Prix Charles-Leopold Mayer by the French Academy of Sciences and Chevalier of the French Legion of Honour. [1] He is the son of microbiologists at the Pasteur Institute, Eugène and Elisabeth Wollman, and the father of Francis-André Wollman, another prominent scientist.
Élie Wollman | |
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Born | |
Died | June 1, 2008 | (aged 90)
Known for | Plasmids, conjugation |
Spouse | Odile Wollman |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Microbial genetics |
Institutions | Pasteur Institute |
Thesis | Recherche sur la conjugaison des bactéries et sur le déterminisme génétique de la lysogénie [studies on bacterial conjugation and genetic determinism of lysogeny] (1958) |
Élie Léo Wollman (July 4, 1917 – June 1, 2008) was a French microbial geneticist who first described plasmids (what he termed "episomes"), and served as vice director of research for the Pasteur Institute for twenty years. [1] He was awarded the 1976 Grand Prix Charles-Leopold Mayer by the French Academy of Sciences and Chevalier of the French Legion of Honour. [1] He is the son of microbiologists at the Pasteur Institute, Eugène and Elisabeth Wollman, and the father of Francis-André Wollman, another prominent scientist.