Roger N. Beachy
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Roger N. Beachy is an American biologist and member of the National Academy of Sciences who studies plant virology. He was the founding president of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, Missouri, and the first director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
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Roger N. Beachy | |
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Born | |
Citizenship | United States |
Alma mater | Goshen College, Michigan State University |
Known for | Developing the first genetically engineered food crop, a virus resistant tomato. |
Spouse | Teresa S. Brown Beachy[2] |
Awards | Wolf Prize in Agriculture, AAAS Fellow |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Washington University in St. Louis, Scripps Research Institute, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, USDA |
Thesis | "Studies on tobacco mosaic virus using hypersensitive tobacco tissue cultures" (1973) |
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