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Howard Berg
American scientist (1934–2021) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Howard Curtis Berg (March 16, 1934 – December 30, 2021)[2] was the Herchel Smith Professor of Physics and professor of molecular and cellular biology at Harvard University, where he taught biophysics and studied the motility of the bacterium Escherichia coli (E. coli).
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Howard Curtis Berg | |
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![]() Howard Berg as a young man | |
Born | (1934-03-16)March 16, 1934 Iowa City, Iowa, USA |
Died | December 30, 2021(2021-12-30) (aged 87) |
Alma mater | California Institute of Technology, Harvard University |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | California Institute of Technology,[1] Harvard University |
Thesis | (1964) |
Doctoral advisor | Norman Ramsey |
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Berg has been a member of the Harvard University department of molecular and cellular biology since 1986 and of the Harvard University department of physics since 1997. He was also a member of the Rowland Institute for Science at Harvard University.