George Streisinger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American biologist
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Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary
About George Streisinger
- George Streisinger (December 27, 1927 – August 11, 1984) was an American molecular biologist at the University of Oregon.
- He was the first person to clone a vertebrate, cloning zebra fish in his University of Oregon laboratory.
- He also pioneered work in the genetics of the T-even bacterial viruses.
- In 1972, along with William Franklin Dove he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship award, and in 1975 he was selected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the second Oregonian to receive the distinction.
- The University of Oregon's Institute of Molecular Biology named their main building "Streisinger Hall" in his honor.
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