DNA Discovery

DNA Timeline

Period: Jan 1, 1800 to Mar 6, 2014

Friedrich Mieshcer is Born

Jan 1, 1844

Oswald Avery is Born

Jan 1, 1877

DNA History Timeline

Period: Jan 1, 1877 to Mar 7, 2014

Frederick Griffith is Born

Jan 1, 1879

Friedrich Mieshcer Dies

Jan 1, 1895

Before he died, he isolated and identified nuclic acid.

George Beadle

Jan 1, 1903

Erwin Chargaff is Born

Aug 11, 1905

Max Delbruck is Born

Sep 4, 1906

Alfred Hershey is Born

Dec 4, 1908

Edward Tatum is Born

Jan 1, 1909

Colin Macleod is Born

Jan 1, 1909

Maclyn Mcarty is Born

Jan 1, 1911

Francis Crick is Born

Jun 8, 1916

Arthur Kornburg is Born

Mar 3, 1918

Arthur discovered ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid Given Nobel Prize in 1959

Paul Berg is born

Jun 30, 1926

Due to Paul Berg's study of nucleic acid with regard to recombinant Dna, he was given the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1980.

Marshall Nirenberg is Born

Apr 10, 1927

Martha Chase is Born

Nov 30, 1927

James Waston is Born

Apr 6, 1928

Before his partner's demise, the two discovered the stucture of DNA.

Stanley Cohen is Born

Jan 1, 1935

Him and hsi partener Herb Boyer made the first genetic enigineering experiments. They earned the National Medal of science in 1988 and the National medal of technology in 1989.

Herb Boyer

Jan 1, 1936

Him and hsi partener Stanley Cohen made the first genetic enigineering experiments. They earned the National Medal of science in 1988 and the National medal of technology in 1989.

Frederick Griffith Dies

Jan 1, 1941

Frederick discovered bacterial transformation before he died

Kary Mullis is Born

Jan 1, 1944

Kary created (or found out...) the polymerase chain reaction. Given the National Biotechnology Award--1991
Given the Noble Prize in Chemsitry--1993

Bill Nye is Born

Nov 27, 1955

BILL NYE THE SCIENCE GUY!!!!!

George Beadle Dies

Jan 1, 1969

Before he died him and his partner Edward Tatum came up with the one gene-one hypothesis

Edward Tatum Dies

Jan 1, 1975

Before he died him and his partner George Beadle came up with the one gene-one hypothesis

Max Delbruck Dies

Mar 9, 1981

Before his demise, he discovered the replication and stucture of a virus.

Alfred Hershey Dies

May 22, 1997

He and Martha Chase had proven that DNA was genetic material.

Erwin Chargaff

Jun 20, 2002

Before his death, he stated that DNA from any cell of all organisms should have a 1:1 ratio. National Medal of Science--1974

Martha Chase Dies

Aug 8, 2003

Before she died, she proved that DNA was genetic material with her partner Alfred Hershey.

Francis Crick dies

Jul 28, 2004

He discovered DNA structure with his partner James Watson before he died.

Oswald Avery, Colin MacLeod, and Maclyn McCarty

Jan 1, 2006

Before they died they said that DNA is a substance that causes bacterial transformation.

Marshalll Nirenburg Dies

Jan 15, 2010

Before he died, He changed the basic thought on the genetic code. National Medal of Science--1964
National Medal of Honor--1968