“Nobel Prize-winning Penn State alumnus Paul Berg dies”

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“UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State alumnus Paul Berg, who received the 1980 Nobel Prize in chemistry, died Feb. 15 at his home in Stanford, California, surrounded by loved ones. He was 96.

Berg’s research impact, through his groundbreaking research involving nucleic acids, is felt by many every day in the science community.

“Hardly a day goes by in my laboratory that does not involve some aspect of his seminal discoveries that led to his 1980 Nobel Prize in chemistry,” said Paul Babitzke, Stanley R. Person Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Penn State.

Stephen Benkovic, Evan Pugh University Professor and Eberly Chair in Chemistry at Penn State, said: “Every time my lab takes a plasmid, introduces it into bacterium, and produces a protein, that procedure is directly attributable to Paul’s original insights. This technique is done all over the world.””



As noted in the article, Berg gave back to Penn State. R.I.P.

And yes, he had a good John Houseman name.
 

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See the link below. From the article:

“UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State alumnus Paul Berg, who received the 1980 Nobel Prize in chemistry, died Feb. 15 at his home in Stanford, California, surrounded by loved ones. He was 96.

Berg’s research impact, through his groundbreaking research involving nucleic acids, is felt by many every day in the science community.

“Hardly a day goes by in my laboratory that does not involve some aspect of his seminal discoveries that led to his 1980 Nobel Prize in chemistry,” said Paul Babitzke, Stanley R. Person Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Penn State.

Stephen Benkovic, Evan Pugh University Professor and Eberly Chair in Chemistry at Penn State, said: “Every time my lab takes a plasmid, introduces it into bacterium, and produces a protein, that procedure is directly attributable to Paul’s original insights. This technique is done all over the world.””



As noted in the article, Berg gave back to Penn State. R.I.P.

And yes, he had a good John Houseman name.
I want to give a shout out to my HS, Abraham Lincoln in Brooklyn, NY.
Paul Berg graduated from Lincoln in 1943, won the Nobel in Chemistry in 1980.
Jerome Karle graduated from Lincoln in 1935 and won the Nobel in Chemistry in 1985.
Arthur Kornberg graduated form Lincoln in 1933 and won the Nobel in Medicine in 1959.
Other notable Lincoln alumni include Mel Brooks, Neil Diamond, Joseph Heller, Arthur Miller, Harvey Keitel, Marv Albert, Colonel Alexander Vindman and the fictional cast from Friends.
And then there is me, Lincoln class of 1972.
 
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BobPSU92

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I want to give a shout out to my HS, Abraham Lincoln in Brooklyn, NY.
Paul Berg graduated from Lincoln in 1943, won the Nobel in Chemistry in 1980.
Jerome Karle graduated from Lincoln in 1935 and won the Nobel in Chemistry in 1985.
Arthur Kornberg graduated form Lincoln in 1933 and won the Nobel in Medicine in 1959.
Other notable Lincoln alumni include Mel Brooks, Neil Diamond, Joseph Heller, Arthur Miller, Harvey Keitel, Marv Albert, Colonel Alexander Vindman and the fictional cast from Friends.
And then there is me, Lincoln class of 1972.

But how’s their football team?
 
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But how’s their football team?
Not particularly good. Basketball was better. NBA players include Stefon Marbury and Sebastian Telfair. Moses Shuttlesworth in Spike Lee’s “He Got Game” also went to Lincoln. A large part of the movie was filmed at the school.
 
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