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Apr 11, 2019 · Sydney Brenner was one of the first to view James Watson and Francis Crick’s double helix model of DNA in April 1953. The 26-year-old biologist from South Africa was then a graduate student at ...
- Errol Friedberg
- 2019
May 20, 2019 · Photo: OIST. Sydney Brenner was one of the most creative and influential biologists of the past seventy years, and also a unique and extraordinary person. He had an astonishing career, starting from the simplest beginnings: his father was an illiterate South African cobbler, and he learned to read from the newspapers that a neighbor used in ...
- Jonathan Hodgkin
- 2019
Jun 6, 2019 · Sydney Brenner, one of the last living links with the golden age of molecular biology and one of the greatest biologists of the 20th century, has died, aged 92. Depending on your age and interests, Sydney was the man who co-discovered mRNA, or the man who wrote those hilarious “Loose Ends” columns in Current Biology, or the man who founded ...
May 17, 2019 · Pioneer of molecular biology and genetics. Sydney Brenner, an icon of science, died on 5 April at age 92. Sydney helped decipher the genetic code, he pioneered the use of Caenorhabditis elegans for genetic analysis, he made us think, and he made us laugh. Sydney was born in Germiston, South Africa, the son of Jewish immigrants.
- Cynthia Kenyon
- 2019
May 20, 2019 · The nematode C. elegans, championed by Sydney Brenner, has served as an important system to study cellular, developmental, and behavioral neuroscience. The tiny worm has contributed to our understanding of many fundamental questions in neuron development and function. A major milestone was the characterization of the wiring diagram of the worm ...
Sep 2, 2020 · Abstract. From modest beginnings Sydney became an extraordinarily influential and accomplished molecular biologist. His critical knowledge of, and insights into, key scientific problems were legendary. His irrepressible personality, acerbic wit and ebullient talks inspired a generation of young biologists.
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May 18, 2019 · Sydney Brenner. Key player in the development of molecular biology and genetics. He was born in Germiston, South Africa, on Jan 13, 1927, and died in Singapore on April 5, 2019, aged 92 years. Nobel Prize winner, collaborator in beginning to decipher the genetic code, co-discoverer of messenger RNA, and much else.
