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15 de abr. de 2024 · Selman Abraham Waksman was a Ukrainian-born American biochemist who was one of the world’s foremost authorities on soil microbiology. After the discovery of penicillin, he played a major role in initiating a calculated, systematic search for antibiotics among microbes.
Hace 6 días · The term antibiotic was first used in 1942 by Selman Waksman and his collaborators in journal articles to describe any substance produced by a microorganism that is antagonistic to the growth of other microorganisms in high dilution.
Hace 4 días · Selman Waksman made foundational contributions to marine microbiology during summers at Woods Hole. He was also awarded a Nobel Prize for his work (at Rutgers) on the systematic search for antibiotics (leading to streptomycin, the royalties from which enabled him to establish the Foundation for Microbiology).
26 de abr. de 2024 · In 1943, Selman Waksman, the discoverer of the molecule streptomycin isolated from the bacterium Streptomyces, coined the term, “antibiotics” to denote substances made by microbes that can be used to treat infections by destroying pathogenic germs .
Hace 5 días · Perhaps the highlight of Rosen’s research on the rise of antibiotics examines the Florey-Chain-esque relationship of Selman Waksman, the mentor and lead scientist at Rutgers and his student, Albert Schatz. It was Schatz, sequestered in a basement laboratory, who began to test soil samples from as many places as he could muster.
29 de abr. de 2024 · Waksman Outstanding Teaching Award. Waksman Award Form (PDF) Deadline: April 10, 2024 Presented at the SIMB Annual Meeting. Background Noble Laureate Dr. Selman Waksman was an outstanding teacher of microbiology at Rutgers University, who maintained very cordial and effective relations with industry throughout his career as an ...
29 de abr. de 2024 · Selman Waksman, a co-discoverer of streptomycin, coined the term "antibiotic" and described it as a class of organic, low molecular weight compounds that disrupt crucial biochemical pathways by binding to specific targets, thereby preventing cell growth and, in the case of bactericidal agents, causing cell death [7, 8, 20, 21].
