Élie Wollman
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| Élie Wollman | |
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| Born | July 4, 1917 Paris, France |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Paris, France |
| Fields | Microbial genetics |
| Institutions | Pasteur Institute |
| Thesis | Recherche sur la conjugaison des bactéries et sur le déterminisme génétique de la lysogénie [studies on bacterial conjugation and genetic determinism of lysogeny] (1958) |
| Known for | Plasmids, conjugation |
| Spouse | Odile Wollman |
Élie Léo Wollman (July 4, 1917 – June 1, 2008) was a French microbial geneticist who first described plasmids (what he termed "episomes"), and served as vice director of research for the Pasteur Institute for twenty years.[1] He was awarded the 1976 Grand Prix Charles-Leopold Mayer by the French Academy of Sciences and Chevalier of the French Legion of Honour.[1]
Research
- In his lab at the Pasteur Institute in Paris Wollman played a key role in the elucidation of the organization of genetic material.[2]
- Developed the experimental method of interrupted mating, which underpinned the gene mapping of bacterial chromosomes.[3][4] This work laid the foundation for Francois Jacob's Nobel prize-winning work.[1]
- With Francois Jacob, he published a monograph, Sexuality and the genetics of bacteria (French title: La sexualité des bactéries), in 1959.[5]
Selected publications
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