Seymour Benzer

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gptkb:Purdue_University
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Albert_Lasker_Award_for_Basic_Medical_Research
gptkb:Gairdner_Foundation_International_Award
gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkb:Wolf_Prize_in_Medicine
gptkb:Thomas_Hunt_Morgan_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1921-10-15
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:causeOfDeath stroke
gptkbp:children gptkb:Barbara_Benzer
gptkb:Martha_Benzer
gptkbp:deathDate 2007-11-30
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Pasadena,_California
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Karl_Lark-Horovitz
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Jeffrey_C._Hall
gptkb:Michael_Rosbash
gptkb:Martin_Raff
gptkb:Ronald_Konopka
gptkbp:employer gptkb:California_Institute_of_Technology
gptkb:Purdue_University
gptkbp:ethnicity Jewish American
gptkbp:fieldOfWork biophysics
genetics
molecular biology
neurogenetics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Seymour Benzer
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Jeffrey_C._Hall
gptkb:Michael_Rosbash
gptkb:Martin_Raff
gptkb:Ronald_Konopka
neurogenetics research
gptkbp:knownFor research on Drosophila melanogaster
pioneering neurogenetics
work on the fine structure of the gene
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gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notableWork identification of behavioral mutants in Drosophila
fine-structure mapping of the rII region of bacteriophage T4
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:physicist
biologist
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Pasadena,_California
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Dorothea_Benzer
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gptkb:Drosophila_melanogaster
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