M. Laurance Morse
Melvin Laurance Morse | |
|---|---|
 Larry Morse with wife Helvise and daughter Margaret, Tower Hill, WI, 1953
(with permission of http://www.estherlederberg.com)) | |
| Born | February 23, 1921 |
| Died | November 7, 2003 (aged 82) |
| Alma mater | University of New Hampshire University of Kentucky University of Wisconsin |
| Known for | Specialized Transduction |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Microbiology Microbial Genetics |
| Institutions | Oak Ridge National Laboratory University of Wisconsin-Madison University of Colorado School of Medicine |
| Doctoral advisor | Joshua Lederberg |
Melvin Laurance Morse (February 23, 1921 – November 7, 2003) was an American microbiologist. He is notable for his experiments (with Esther Lederberg and Joshua Lederberg) in specialized transduction.[1][2]
Professional associations[]
- American Society for Microbiology
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
References[]
- ^ Lindsten, Jan (1 January 1992). Physiology Or Medicine: 1971-1980. World Scientific. p. 475. ISBN 978-981-02-0791-5.
- ^ Dasgupta, M. K. (1988). Principles of Plant Pathology. Allied Publishers. p. 354. ISBN 978-81-7023-192-9.
External links[]
- To view the thirty-year correspondence between M. Laurance Morse and Esther M. Lederberg, see http://www.estherlederberg.com/EImages/Archive/ArchiveIndex.html; click the entry for "Morse, M. Laurance".
- University of Colorado School of Medicine obituary for M. Laurance Morse: https://web.archive.org/web/20110929191729/https://www.cu.edu/sg/messages/2708.html
Categories:
- 1921 births
- 2003 deaths
- People from Hopkinton, Massachusetts
- University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
- University of New Hampshire alumni
- University of Kentucky alumni
- American microbiologists
- American geneticists
- Phage workers