Fred Sherman
American biologist
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| Intro | American biologist | ||||||
| Places | United States of America | ||||||
| was | Scientist Geneticist | ||||||
| Work field | Biology Science | ||||||
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| Birth | 21 May 1932, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | ||||||
| Death | 16 September 2013 (aged 81 years) | ||||||
| Star sign | Gemini | ||||||
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Biography
Fred Sherman (May 21, 1932 – September 16, 2013) was an American scientist who pioneered the use of the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a model for studying the genetics and molecular biology of eukaryotic cells. He also contributed extensively to the genetics of the opportunistic pathogen Candida albicans.
Career
In 1970 Sherman co-founded with Gerald Fink the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's course in yeast genetics and molecular biology, which for 16 years he co-taught.
Awards and honours
Sherman was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1985, and was awarded the Genetics Society of America's George Wells Beadle Medal in 2006 for "distinguished service to the field of genetics and to the genetics community."