Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

male, deceased (1723)
Dutch Christian, lens, Optician, scientist, delft, Microscope…bacterium
Thonius Philips van Leeuwenhoek (October 24, 1632 - August 30, 1723) was a Dutch tradesman and scientist from Delft, Netherlands. He is commonly...
Robin Warren

Robin Warren

male, 72 years old
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, University of Adelaide alumni, Nobel Prize in Medicine, Royal College of Pathologists of Australia…bacterium
Dr J. Robin Warren AC (born June 11, 1937 in Adelaide) is an Australian pathologist and researcher who is credited with the 1979 re-discovery of...
Jacques Monod

Jacques Monod

male, deceased (1976)
French, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, atheist, bacterium, writer, Nobel Prize
Jacques Lucien Monod was a French biologist who was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1965. Born in Paris, he was also awarded...
Martinus Beijerinck

Martinus Beijerinck

male, deceased (1931)
Polytechnische Hogeschool Delft, Delft University of Technology alumni, delft university of technology, Nitrogen metabolism, delft, microbiologist…bacterium
Martinus Willem Beijerinck (March 16, 1851 - January 1, 1931) was a Dutch microbiologist and botanist. He was born in Amsterdam. Beijerinck was at...
Bonnie Bassler

Bonnie Bassler

female
National Academy of Sciences, Bonnie L. Bassler, bacteria, Howard Hughes Medical Investigator, MacArthur Fellowship, Princeton University…bacterium
Bonnie L. Bassler is a professor of molecular biology at Princeton University. She made key insights into the mechanism by which bacteria...
Hans Christian Gram

Hans Christian Gram

male, deceased (1938)
bacteriologist, scientist, botany, Microscope, Danish, pharmacology…bacterium
Hans Christian Joachim Gram (September 13, 1853 - November 14, 1938) was a Danish bacteriologist. He was the son of Frederik Terkel Julius Gram, a...
Gerhard Domagk

Gerhard Domagk

male, deceased (1964)
Carl von Ossietzky, anti-nazi, refusal of Nobel Prize, University of Münster, bacteria, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…bacterium
Gerhard Johannes Paul Domagk (October 30, 1895 - April 24, 1964) was a German pathologist and bacteriologist and Nobel laureate. Domagk was born in...
Chaim Weizmann

Chaim Weizmann

male, deceased (1952)
zionist, University of Geneva, Chemist, World War I, British, scientist…bacterium
Chaim Azriel Weizmann November 27, 1874 – November 9, 1952) was a chemist, statesman, President of the World Zionist Organization, first Pr...

John Cairns

male, 87 years old
Phage and the Origins of Molecular Biology, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Molecular Genetics, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia, Cancer Science and Society…bacterium
(Hugh) John Cairns (1922-) is a British physician and molecular biologist who made significant contributions to molecular genetics, cancer...
Edward Lawrie Tatum

Edward Lawrie Tatum

male, deceased (1975)
University of Wisconsin-Madison, escherichia coli, University of Chicago, University of Wisconsin, Stanford University, geneticist…bacterium
Edward Lawrie Tatum (December 14, 1909 - November 5, 1975) was an American geneticist. He shared half of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine...