Kornberg

[ kawrn-burg ]

noun

1. Arthur, 1918–2007, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1959.

Kornberg

/ kôrn′bûrg′ /

1. American biochemist who discovered DNA polymerase, the enzyme that synthesizes new DNA. For this work, he shared with Severo Ochoa the 1959 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine. In 1967 Kornberg became the first person to synthesize viral DNA.

Example Sentences

In 1956, he joined his schoolmate Kornberg’s lab at the University of Washington School of Medicine in St. Louis, as assistant professor of microbiology.

From Los Angeles Times

“If I can bring my entire department, I will come,” Kornberg said, according to Berg.

From Los Angeles Times

At Abraham Lincoln High School in Brooklyn, Berg was one of three students, including Arthur Kornberg and Jerome Karle, who would go on to win Nobel Prizes.

From Los Angeles Times

In 1959, Dr. Kornberg, who that year received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, moved to Stanford University to set up a new biochemistry department and brought along his Washington University team, including Dr. Berg.

From New York Times

Kornberg was participating in a virtual discussion about cannabis farming while rushing to harvest as many plants as possible so she could get home for trick-or-treating with her kids.

From Los Angeles Times