조슈아 레더버그

소개

조슈아 레더버그(영어: Joshua Lederberg, ForMemRS, 1925년 5월 23일 ~ 2008년 2월 2일)는 미국의 분자생물학자이다. 1958년에 특정 화학반응을 조절하는 유전자 기능에 관한 연구로 조지 웰스 비들, 에드워드 로리 테이텀과 함께 노벨 생리학·의학상을 수상했다.

Joshua Lederberg was an American molecular biologist known for his work in microbial genetics, artificial intelligence, and the United States space program. He was 33 years old when he won the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering that bacteria can mate and exchange genes work that was conducted alongside his wife Esther who was uncredited for her contributions. He shared the prize with Edward Tatum and George Beadle, who won for their work with genetics.