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Dr Malcolm Casadaban

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Dr Malcolm Casadaban

Birth
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death
13 Sep 2009 (aged 60)
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend Add to Map
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Was Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology and of Microbiology at the University of Chicago.

A pioneering researcher who developed what are now common techniques to study the effects of specific genes in many disease-causing organisms.

He died following an accidental laboratory exposure to an attenuated strain of Yersinia pestis, a bacterium that causes the plague.
Was Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology and of Microbiology at the University of Chicago.

A pioneering researcher who developed what are now common techniques to study the effects of specific genes in many disease-causing organisms.

He died following an accidental laboratory exposure to an attenuated strain of Yersinia pestis, a bacterium that causes the plague.

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