Alfred Hershey
Created by: Joshua Dunham
Hrshey's Background
Born December 4, 1908 and died May 22, 1997
He studied Bacteriophage
Mother: Alma Hershey
Father: Robert Hershey
Wife: Harriet Hershey
Son: Peter Hershey
He lived in Owosso, Michigan when he was a kid.
After high school he attended Michigan State University
Graduating in 1934, He earned his Ph.D
After getting his Ph.D, Hershey accepted a position at the Washington University School of Medicine in the department of Bacteriology. After a while he got a job at the Carnegie Institution of Washington's Department of Genetetics at Cold Spring Habor. In 1952, Working with Martha Chase, they discoverd that viral DNA is the genetic code material that gets injected into a bacterium cell.
5 facts about Bacteriophage
1: They can be found every where bacteria exist
2: Frederick W. Twort independently discoverd bacteriophage in Great Britian
3: Injects DNA into a bacterium cell
4: Its also called phage
5: Its a infect bacteria
Accomplishments
Hershey shared the 1969 Nobel Prize for Physlology or Medicine with Max Delruck and Salvador Luria.
In 1979, a building on the grounds of Cold Springs Harbor Labratory was dedicated to him
Heshey became the director of the Genetics reaseach unit in Cold Springs Harbor Labratory
How he helped the world
1: Helped people understand how phage works
2: He made avery's hypothosis into a fact
3: Helped reasearchers understand viruses now
Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase
Bacteriophage
Alfred Hershey, Max Delbruck, Salvador Luria
Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase