PROF WOESE. “He received a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and physics from Amherst College in 1950. During his time at Amherst, Woese took only one biology course (Biochemistry, in his senior year) and had “no scientific interest in plants and animals” until advised by William M. Fairbank, then an assistant professor of physics at Amherst, to pursue biophysics at Yale (PhD). ”
“Leeuwenhoek Medal (1992). Selman A. Waksman Award (1995). National Medal of Science (2000). Crafoord Prize (2003).”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022