Cyrus Levinthal
Cyrus Levinthal | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 2, 1922 |
| Died | November 4, 1990(aged 68) |
| Known for | Levinthal's paradox |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Molecular biology |
| Institutions | University of Michigan MIT Columbia University |
| Thesis | A Study of Protons Ejected from Nuclei by High Energy Gamma Rays(1950) |
| Doctoral advisors | A. Carl Helmholz Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky |
| Doctoral students | Joel Sussman,Shoshana Wodak |
Cyrus Levinthal(May 2, 1922 – November 4, 1990) was anAmericanmolecular biologist.
Biography
[edit]Levinthal graduated with aPh.D.in physics fromUniversity of California, Berkeleyand taught physics at theUniversity of Michiganfor seven years before moving to theMassachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT) in 1957. In 1968 he joinedColumbia Universityas the Chairman and from 1969 Professor of the newly established Department of Biological Sciences, where he remained until his death fromlung cancerin 1990.
Research
[edit]While at MIT Levinthal made significant discoveries in molecular genetics relating to the mechanisms ofDNA replication,the relationship betweengenesandproteins,and the nature ofmessenger RNA.
At Columbia Levinthal applied computers to the 3-dimensional imaging of biological structures such as proteins. He is considered the father of computer graphical display of protein structure.
Discoveries and accomplishments
[edit]References
[edit]Levinthal, Cyrus (2014)."Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences"(PDF).Duardo Macagno, Barry Honig and Larry Chasin.
External links
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