Jerard Hurwitz
Jerard Hurwitz | |
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| Born | November 20, 1928 |
| Died | January 24, 2019 (aged 90) |
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| Known for | RNA polymerase discovery |
| Awards | Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Washington University in St. Louis New York University Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
| Thesis | The metabolism of vitamin b6 derivatives (1953) |
| Website | www |
Jerard Hurwitz (November 20, 1928 – January 24, 2019) was an American biochemist who co-discovered RNA polymerase in 1960 along with Sam Weiss, Audrey Stevens, and James Bonner. He most recently worked at the Sloan-Kettering Institute in New York studying DNA replication in eukaryotes and its control.