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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1974 - US President's National Medal of Science "For fundamental chemical and biological studies establishing the basis for modern concepts of the mechanisms of protein synthesis and the genetic role of nucleic acids.", 1974 Medal presented by President Ford at a White House Ceremony on September 18, 1975.
  • 1965 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1956 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1948 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Erwin Chargaff was affiliated with Columbia University in the United States during their scientific career. The work contributed to the fields of chemical and biological studies, particularly focusing on the mechanisms of protein synthesis and the genetic functions of nucleic acids.

The scientist received several awards and honors throughout their career. Notably, they were presented the US President's National Medal of Science in 1974. The citation for this award recognized their fundamental chemical and biological studies that helped establish modern concepts related to protein synthesis and the genetic role of nucleic acids. The medal was presented by President Ford at a White House ceremony on September 18, 1975.

Chargaff was also a member of the National Academy of Sciences, inducted in 1965. Their expertise was further acknowledged through fellowships at the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in both 1948 and 1956.

Best Publications

  • Chemical specificity of nucleic acids and mechanism of their enzymatic degradation

    Erwin Chargaff

  • Techniques for the demonstration by chromatography of nitrogenous lipide constituents, sulfur-containing amino acids, and reducing sugars.

    Erwin. Chargaff;Celia. Levine;Charlotte. Green

  • The separation and estimation of ribonucleotides in minute quantities.

    Boris. Magasanik;Ernst. Vischer;Ruth. Doniger;David. Elson

  • The formation apurinic acid from the desoxyribonucleic acid of calf thymus.

    Christoph Tamm;M.E. Hodes;Erwin Chargaff

  • THE SEPARATION AND QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATION OF PURINES AND PYRIMIDINES IN MINUTE AMOUNTS

    Ernst Vischer;Erwin Chargaff

  • Distribution density of nucleotides within a desoxyribonucleic acid chain.

    Christoph Tamm;Herman S. Shapiro;Rakoma Lipshitz;Erwin Chargaff

  • The composition of the pentose nucleic acids of yeast and pancreas.

    Ernst Vischer;Erwin Chargaff

  • Separation of B. subtilis DNA into complementary strands. 3. Direct analysis

    Rivka Rudner;John D. Karkas;Erwin Chargaff

  • STUDIES ON THE CHEMISTRY OF BLOOD COAGULATION: VI. STUDIES ON THE ACTION OF HEPARIN AND OTHER ANTICOAGULANTS. THE INFLUENCE OF PROTAMINE ON THE ANTICOAGULANT EFFECT IN VIVO

    Erwin Chargaff;Kenneth B. Olson

  • THE COMPOSITION OF THE DESOXYPENTOSE NUCLEIC ACIDS OF THYMUS AND SPLEEN

    Erwin. Chargaff;Ernst. Vischer;Ruth. Doniger;Charlotte. Green

  • Massive incorporation of 5-fluorouracil into a bacterial ribonucleic acid.

    Jack Horowitz;Erwin Chargaff

  • The isolation of highly polymerized desoxypentosenucleic acid from yeast cells.

    Erwin Chargaff;Stephen Zamenhof

  • Studies on nucleoproteins. I. Dissociation and reassociation of the deoxyribonucleohistone of calf thymus.

    Charles F. Crampton;Rakoma Lipshitz;Erwin Chargaff

  • THE COMPOSITION OF THE DESOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID OF SALMON SPERM

    Erwin. Chargaff;Rakoma. Lipshitz;Charlotte. Green;M.E. Hodes

  • Procedures for the microestimation of nitrogenous phosphatide constituents.

    Celia. Levine;Erwin. Chargaff

  • Separation of Calf Thymus Deoxyribonucleic Acid into Fractions of Different Composition

    Erwin Chargaff;Charles F. Crampton;Rakoma Lipshitz

  • STUDIES ON THE MECHANISM OF DEAMINATION OF SERINE AND THREONINE IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS

    Erwin Chargaff;David B. Sprinson

  • Human Desoxypentose Nucleic Acid: Composition of Human Desoxypentose Nucleic Acid

    Erwin Chargaff;Stephen Zamenhof;Charlotte Green

  • On the desoxypentose nucleic acids from several microorganisms.

    Stephen Zamenhof;George Brawerman;Erwin Chargaff

  • Evidence of common regularities in the composition of pentose nucleic acids.

    David Elson;Erwin Chargaff

  • The nucleic acids: chemistry and biology. Edited by Erwin Chargaff [and] J.D. Davidson.

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Frequent Co-Authors

Morris Ziff
Morris Ziff The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Seymour S. Cohen
Seymour S. Cohen Stony Brook University
Michael S. Levine
Michael S. Levine Princeton University
Dan H. Moore
Dan H. Moore University of California, San Francisco
D. Rittenberg
D. Rittenberg Columbia University
George Brawerman
George Brawerman Tufts University

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