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Martha Chase
American geneticist
This article is about the scientist. For the doll-maker, see Martha Jenks Chase.
Martha Chase | |
|---|---|
| Born | Martha Cowles Chase (1927-11-30)November 30, 1927 Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA |
| Died | August 8, 2003(2003-08-08) (aged 75) Lorain, Ohio, USA |
| Other names | Martha C.
Epstein |
| Education | College of Wooster, University of Southern California |
| Known for | Hershey–Chase experiment |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Genetics, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology |
| Institutions | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, University of Rochester |
| Doctoral advisor | Giuseppe Bertani, Margaret Lieb |
Martha Cowles Chase (November 30, 1927 – August 8, 2003), also known as Martha C.
Epstein,[1] was an American geneticist who in 1952, with Alfred Hershey, experimentally helped to confirm that DNA rather than protein is the genetic material of life.