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American biologists have contributed some of biology's greatest findings. With the increasing importance of genetics, conservation and microbiology, American biologists may yet discover some of nature's most amazing secrets.
Featured Article: Liberty Hyde Bailey
Bailey, Liberty Hyde (1858–1954), a United States botanist and horticulturist. He pioneered in establishing college extension courses for farmers and wrote authoritative works on horticulture. See more »
Phillip Allen Sharp
Sharp, Phillip Allen (1944-) is an American biologist. He won the 1993 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for his discoveries relating to the structure and function of genes.
See more »Rachel Carson
Carson, Rachel (Louise) (1907–1964), a United States biologist and writer. Silent Spring (1962) warns of the dangers of the indiscriminate use of chemical pesticides.
See more »Renato Dulbecco
Dulbecco, Renato (1914-), an Italian-born American virologist, shared the 1975 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine with David Baltimore and Howard Martin Temin of the United States for their research on how certain viruses affect the genes of cancer cells.
See more »Rene Jules Dubos
Dubos, René Jules (1901–1982), a United States scientist. In 1939 while working with soil bacteria, he developed tyrothricin, the first commercially produced antibiotic.
See more »Richard Charles Lewontin
Lewontin, Richard Charles (1929-), an American evolutionary geneticist, introduced the study of molecular population genetics in the 1960's.
See more »Rita Levi-Montalcini
Levi-Montalcini, Rita (1909-), an Italian and American neurobiologist, became the fourth woman ever to be awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, which she shared in 1986 with American biochemist Stanley Cohen .
See more »Robert Bruce Merrifield
Merrifield, Robert Bruce (1921-) is an American biochemist who won the 1984 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his method of producing peptides and proteins.
See more »Robert Waterston
Waterston, Robert (1943-), an American geneticist, is an influential scientist and administrator.
See more »Robert William Holley
Holley, Robert William (1922-1993) was an American biochemist. He shared the 1968 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine with American biochemist Marshall Warren Nirenberg and Indian-born American chemist Har Gobind Khorana.
See more »Roger Revelle
Revelle, Roger (1900-1991), was an American oceanographer, a scientist who studies the ocean.
See more »Ruth Hubbard
Hubbard, Ruth (1924-) is an Austrian-born American biologist and biochemist whose contributions to the study of the biochemistry and photochemistry of vision in vertebrates and invertebrates have greatly advanced the understanding of the field.
See more »Salvador Edward Luria
Luria, Salvador Edward (1912-1991), an Italian-born American biologist, shared the 1969 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine with German-born American biophysicist Max Delbrück and American biologist Alfred D.
See more »Selman Abraham Waksman
Waksman, Selman Abraham (1888–1973), a Russian-born United States microbiologist.
See more »Sewall Green Wright
Wright, Sewall Green (1889-1988), was an American geneticist who greatly influenced the fields of genetics (the study of heredity) and evolutionary biology.
See more »Seymour Benzer
Benzer, Seymour (1921-), an American geneticist, is one of the founders of modern behavioral geneties.
See more »Sidney Altman
Altman, Sidney (1939-), a Canadian-born American molecular biologist, transformed scientific thought about how living cells work and how life began millions of years ago.
See more »Stanford Moore
Moore, Stanford (1913-1982) was an American biochemist who shared the 1972 Nobel Prize in chemistry with American scientist William Howard Stein for their pioneering research into the structure and chemistry of proteins.
See more »Stephen Jay Gould
Gould, Stephen Jay (1941–2002), a United States paleontologist, educator, and author.
See more »Theobald Smith
Smith, Theobald (1859–1934), a United States pathologist. His investigations of infectious diseases led to the discovery, with F.
See more »Thomas Huckle Weller
Weller, Thomas Huckle (1915-), an American virologist, was one of the first scientists to grow the poliomyelitis virus on tissues outside the body.
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