Fred Sherman (scientist)
| Fred Sherman | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 21, 1932 Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Died | September 16, 2013 |
| Fields | Biochemistry Genetics |
| Institutions | University of Rochester |
| Alma mater | University of Minnesota University of California, Berkeley |
| Thesis | A Study of the Effects of Elevated Temperature on the Growth and Inheritance of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (1959) |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert K. Mortimer[1] |
| Notable awards | George W. Beadle Award (2006)[2] |
Fred Sherman (May 21, 1932 – September 16, 2013) was an American scientist who pioneered the use of the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a model for studying the genetics and molecular biology of eukaryotic cells.[1][3][4]
Career
In 1970 Sherman co-founded with Gerald Fink the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's course in yeast genetics and molecular biology, which for many years he co-taught.[5][6]
Awards and honours
Sherman was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1985,[7] and was awarded the Genetics Society of America's George Wells Beadle Medal in 2006 for "distinguished service to the field of genetics and to the genetics community."[2][8]
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