John G. H. McCarty

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gptkbp:instanceOf Person
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkbp:awardedBy gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Gairdner_Foundation_International_Award
gptkbp:birthYear 1910
gptkbp:bornIn gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:Maclyn_McCarty
Colin MacLeod
gptkbp:contributedTo Clarified the role of DNA in heredity.
gptkbp:dateOfDeath April 26, 2005
gptkbp:deathYear 2005
gptkbp:education Ph.D. in Biochemistry
gptkbp:fellowship gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Science
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:field Molecular genetics
gptkbp:fieldOfStudy Biochemistry
gptkbp:hasBirthDate February 12, 1910
gptkbp:hasOccupation Scientist
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label John G. H. McCarty
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Francis_Crick
gptkb:James_Watson
gptkb:Rosalind_Franklin
Biochemistry
Genetics
Molecular biology
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Oswald_Avery
gptkbp:inspiredBy gptkb:Hershey-Chase_experiment
gptkbp:knownFor Genetics
Research in genetics
gptkbp:legacy Pioneering work in molecular biology.
gptkbp:notableWork Avery-MacLeod-McCarty experiment
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Newark,_New_Jersey
gptkbp:placeOfDeath Tucson, Arizona
gptkbp:publishes The Role of Nucleic Acids in the Transfer of Genetic Information.
gptkbp:researchAreas Bioinformatics
Biotechnology
Cancer biology
Cell biology
Evolutionary biology
Gene therapy
Genetic engineering
Genomics
Immunology
Microbiology
Molecular biology
Neuroscience
Virology
Biophysics
Epigenetics
Proteomics
Structural biology
Synthetic biology
Computational biology
Developmental biology
Clinical research
Stem cell research
Systems biology
Pharmacogenomics
Metabolomics
Functional genomics
Comparative genomics
Translational medicine
Environmental biology
Agricultural_biology
gptkbp:researchContribution Demonstrated that DNA is the substance of heredity.
gptkbp:researchFocus DNA as genetic material
gptkbp:researchInterest Experimental biology
Significant impact on molecular biology.
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Margaret_McCarty