Oswald Avery

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gptkbp:instanceOf scientist
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Rockefeller_University
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Gairdner_Foundation_International_Award
gptkbp:birthDate 1877-10-21
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Halifax,_Nova_Scotia,_Canada
gptkbp:campusFacilities gptkb:Rockefeller_Institute_for_Medical_Research
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:contribution established DNA as the genetic material
gptkbp:deathDate 1955-02-20
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Nashville,_Tennessee,_USA
gptkbp:education gptkb:Columbia_University
gptkbp:fellowship gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:field molecular biology
gptkbp:honors Avery-MacLeod-McCarty Award
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Oswald Avery
gptkbp:image https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Oswald_Avery.jpg
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Francis_Crick
gptkb:Maurice_Wilkins
gptkb:James_Watson
gptkb:Rosalind_Franklin
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Frederick_Griffith
gptkbp:knownFor biochemistry
discovery of DNA as the material of heredity
gptkbp:legacy pioneering work in molecular genetics
gptkbp:nationality Canadian
gptkbp:notableWork Avery-MacLeod-McCarty experiment
gptkbp:publications The Role of Nucleic Acids in the Transformation of Pneumococci
The_Chemical_Nature_of_the_Substance_Inducing_Transformation_of_Pneumococcal_Types
The_Chemical_Basis_of_Heredity
The_Transformation_of_Pneumococci:_A_Study_of_the_Chemical_Nature_of_the_Transforming_Principle
Studies_on_the_Chemical_Nature_of_the_Substance_Inducing_Transformation_of_Pneumococcal_Types
gptkbp:researchContribution demonstrated that DNA is the substance of genes
gptkbp:researchField genetics
gptkbp:researchFocus gene expression
nucleic acids
molecular biology techniques
molecular genetics
biological inheritance
experimental biology
biochemical genetics
DNA structure and function
bacterial genetics
genetic transformation
gptkbp:researchInterest biochemical analysis
bacterial transformation
gptkbp:spouse Mabel_Avery