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'''Martin Frank Gellert''' (born 1929) is a Czechoslovak-born American [[molecular biologist]] who is a past president of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.<ref>http://www.asbmb.org/uploadedfiles/AboutUs/ASBMB_History/Past_Presidents/1990s/1993Gellert.html</ref>
'''Martin Frank Gellert''' (born 5 June 1929 in [[Prague]], [[Czechoslovakia]]) is a Czechoslovak-born American [[molecular biologist]]. He is a past president of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
In 1985 he won the [[Richard Lounsbery Award]] jointly with [[Thomas Maniatis]] for "their seminal contributions to our understanding of the structure and function of DNA, which were essential and fundamental to the development of recombinant DNA techniques."<ref>[http://www.nasonline.org/programs/awards/richard-lounsbery-award.html Richard Lounsbery Award.] National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 6 September 2017.</ref>


He is a survivor of [[the Holocaust]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Martin Frank Gellert|url=https://www.ushmm.org/online/hsv/person_view.php?PersonId=13021628|work=Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database|publisher=United States Holocaust Memorial Museum|access-date=31 May 2023}}</ref>
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Gellert graduated from [[Harvard University]] in 1950 with an A.B. His doctorate was completed at [[Columbia University]] in 1956.<ref>[http://www.asbmb.org/uploadedfiles/AboutUs/ASBMB_History/Past_Presidents/1990s/1993Gellert.html Martin F. Gellert.] ASBMB. Retrieved 6 September 2017.</ref>


In 1985 he won the [[Richard Lounsbery Award]] jointly with [[Thomas Maniatis]] for "their seminal contributions to our understanding of the structure and function of DNA, which were essential and fundamental to the development of recombinant DNA techniques."<ref>[http://www.nasonline.org/programs/awards/richard-lounsbery-award.html Richard Lounsbery Award.] National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 6 September 2017.</ref> Gellert is an [[National Institutes of Health|NIH]] Distinguished Investigator at the [[National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases]] (NIDDK).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Martin Gellert, Ph.D., NIH Distinguished Investigator|url=https://www.niddk.nih.gov/about-niddk/staff-directory/biography/gellert-martin|access-date=2021-04-29|website=National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases}}</ref>

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Latest revision as of 04:31, 7 December 2023

Martin Frank Gellert (born 5 June 1929 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a Czechoslovak-born American molecular biologist. He is a past president of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

He is a survivor of the Holocaust.[1]

Gellert graduated from Harvard University in 1950 with an A.B. His doctorate was completed at Columbia University in 1956.[2]

In 1985 he won the Richard Lounsbery Award jointly with Thomas Maniatis for "their seminal contributions to our understanding of the structure and function of DNA, which were essential and fundamental to the development of recombinant DNA techniques."[3] Gellert is an NIH Distinguished Investigator at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK).[4]

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  1. ^ "Martin Frank Gellert". Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  2. ^ Martin F. Gellert. ASBMB. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  3. ^ Richard Lounsbery Award. National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Martin Gellert, Ph.D., NIH Distinguished Investigator". National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Retrieved 2021-04-29.