Sydney Brenner. 13 January 1927—5 April 2019 | Zendy

John G. White | Zendy; Mark S. Bretscher | Zendy

AI Assistant Blog Pricing

Home ZAIA Blog

Open Access

Sydney Brenner. 13 January 1927—5 April 2019

Author(s) -

John G. White,

Mark S. Bretscher

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

biographical memoirs of fellows of the royal society

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1748-8494

pISSN - 0080-4606

DOI - 10.1098/rsbm.2020.0022

Subject(s) - caenorhabditis elegans , computer science , function (biology) , key (lock) , personality , biologist , artificial intelligence , cognitive science , biology , evolutionary biology , psychoanalysis , psychology , genetics , gene , computer security

From modest beginnings Sydney became an extraordinarily influential andaccomplished molecular biologist. His critical knowledge of, and insights into,key scientific problems were legendary. His irrepressible personality, acerbicwit and ebullient talks inspired a generation of young biologists. He madeseminal discoveries in how genetic information is used for protein synthesis,and establishedCaenorhabditis elegans as one of theforemost model organisms for the study of development and neural function. Healso pioneered techniques for genome analysis and was instrumental inestablishing several outstanding centres of biological research around theworld.

The content you want is available to Zendy users.

Already have an account? Click here to sign in.

Having issues? You can contact us here

Accelerating Research