Joachim Messing
Joachim Wilhelm "Jo" Messing (September 10, 1946 – September 13, 2019) was a German-American biologist. He was a professor of molecular biology and the fourth director of the Waksman Institute of Microbiology at Rutgers University.[1]
Joachim Messing | |
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Born | Joachim Wilhelm Messing September 10, 1946 Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
Died | September 13, 2019 Somerset, New Jersey, U.S. | (aged 73)
Alma mater | Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Free University of Berlin, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biology |
Institutions | University of California, Davis, University of Minnesota, Rutgers University |
Messing died at his home in Somerset, New Jersey on September 13, 2019, three days after his 73rd birthday.[2]
References
- ↑ "The Waksman Institute homepage". Waksman.rutgers.edu. Archived from the original on 2010-07-08. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- ↑ Sheikh, Knvul (September 27, 2019). "Joachim Messing, 73, Who Charted the DNA of Viruses and Plants, Dies". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/27/science/joachim-messing-dead.html. Retrieved September 27, 2019.