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D-Index
65
Citations
13910
World Ranking
9230
National Ranking
4086

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1982 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1973 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1967 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1963 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1952 - E. Mead Johnson Award, Society for Pediatric Research
  • 1945 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Seymour S. Cohen was a researcher affiliated with Stony Brook University in the United States. Throughout their career, they collaborated frequently with several notable colleagues, including Daniel J. Kevles, Pnina G. Abir-Am, Neeraja Sankaran, Seymour Benzer, and Joe Bertani.

The scientist received multiple awards recognizing their contributions within the scientific community. These honors included being named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation twice, first in 1945 and later in 1982. They became a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1963. In 1952, they were awarded the E. Mead Johnson Award by the Society for Pediatric Research. Additionally, they were elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1967 and joined the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) in 1973.

Their documented collaborations and affiliations suggest active involvement in research communities spanning multiple decades. However, no specific information about their publications, fields of study, research topics, or book contributions was recorded.

The scientist is deceased. Their legacy remains reflected through their memberships and fellowships in several prestigious scientific organizations and through collaborations with peers active in their field.

Best Publications

  • THE MODE OF ACTION OF 5-FLUOROURACIL AND ITS DERIVATIVES.

    Seymour S. Cohen;Joel G. Flaks;Hazel D. Barner;Marilyn R. Loeb

  • The bases of the nucleic acids of some bacterial and animal viruses: the occurrence of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine.

    G. R. Wyatt;S. S. Cohen

  • Inhibition of mammalian DNA polymerase by the 5'-triphosphate of 1-beta-d-arabinofuranosylcytosine and the 5'-triphosphate of 9-beta-d-arabinofuranoxyladenine.

    J. J. Furth;Seymour S. Cohen

  • STUDIES ON UNBALANCED GROWTH IN ESCHERICHIA COLI.

    Seymour S. Cohen;Hazel D. Barner

  • A New Pyrimidine Base from Bacteriophage Nucleic Acids

    G. R. Wyatt;S. S. Cohen

  • Polyamines and ribosome structure.

    Seymour S. Cohen;Janet Lichtenstein

  • Introduction to the biochemistry of D-arabinosyl nucleosides.

    Seymour S. Cohen

  • The induction of thymine synthesis by T2 infection of a thymine requiring mutant of Escherichia coli.

    Hazel D. Barner;Seymour S. Cohen

  • The synthesis of bacterial viruses; the synthesis of nucleic acid and protein in Escherichia coli B infected with T2r + bacteriophage.

    Seymour S. Cohen

  • The detection and estimation of 2-ketohexonic acids.

    Mary C. Lanning;Seymour S. Cohen

  • The synthesis of messenger RNA without protein synthesis: II. Synthesis of phage-induced RNA and sequential enzyme production*

    Mutsuo Sekiguchi;Seymour S. Cohen

  • Virus-induced acquisition of metabolic function. I. Enzymatic formation of 5-hydroxymethyldeoxycytidylate.

    Joel G. Flaks;Seymour S. Cohen

  • Studies on D-ribulose and its enzymatic conversion to D-arabinose.

    Seymour S. Cohen

  • The enzymic synthesis of 5-hydroxymethyldeoxycytidylic acid.

    Joel G. Flaks;Seymour S. Cohen

  • The metabolism of exogenously supplied nucleotides by Escherichia coli.

    Janet Lichtenstein;Hazel D. Barner;Seymour S. Cohen

  • Enzymatic conversion of L-fucose to L-fuculose.

    Maurice Green;Seymour S. Cohen

  • Epidermal growth factor. IV. The induction of ornithine decarboxylase.

    Milos Stastny;Stanley Cohen

  • SYNCHRONIZATION OF DIVISION OF A THYMINELESS MUTANT OF ESCHERICHIA COLI

    Hazel D. Barner;Seymour S. Cohen

  • Effects of Arabinonucleotides on Ribonucleotide Reduction by an Enzyme System from Rat Tumor

    E. Colleen Moore;Seymour S. Cohen

  • Formation of pentose phosphate from 6-phosphogluconate.

    Seymour S. Cohen;Dwight B. McNair Scott

Frequent Co-Authors

Erwin Chargaff
Erwin Chargaff Columbia University
Maurice Green
Maurice Green Saint Louis University
Linda A. Guarino
Linda A. Guarino Texas A&M University
Eric J. Simon
Eric J. Simon New York University
Howard K. Schachman
Howard K. Schachman University of California, Berkeley
Mutsuo Sekiguchi
Mutsuo Sekiguchi Kyushu University
Morris Ziff
Morris Ziff The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat
Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat University of California, Berkeley

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