PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION

Founded in 1931.

Official Website:
http://www.genetics-gsa.org/

Founding Date:
1931

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Sidney Altman	Chemist	7-May-1939		Proved enzyme role of RNA
Elizabeth H. Blackburn	Scientist	26-Nov-1948		Co-Discoverer of telomerase
Mario Capecchi	Scientist	6-Oct-1937		Knock-out mice
Stanley N. Cohen	Biologist	17-Feb-1935		Recombinant DNA
Edward B. Lewis	Scientist	20-May-1918	21-Jul-2004	Drosophila researcher, Nobel laureate
Susan L. Lindquist	Biologist	5-Jun-1949		Protein folding
Salvador Luria	Biologist	13-Aug-1912	6-Feb-1991	Natural selection in bacteria
Barbara McClintock	Scientist	16-Jun-1902	2-Sep-1992	Discovered transposable genes
Carolyn W. Slayman	Business	c. 1936		Genetics professor at Yale
Sewall Wright	Biologist	21-Dec-1889	3-Mar-1988	Mathematics of evolution

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