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Delbrück

[ del-brook; German del-bryk ]

noun

  1. Max [maks, mahks], 1906–81, U.S. biologist, born in Germany: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1969.

Delbrück

/ delˈbryk /

noun

  1. DelbrückMax19061981MUSGermanSCIENCE: biologist Max. 1906–81, US molecular biologist, born in Germany. Noted for his work on bacteriophages, he shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1969

Delbrück

/ dĕl′brk′ /

  1. German-born American biologist who was a pioneer in the study of molecular genetics. He discovered in 1946 that viruses can exchange genetic material to create new types of viruses. He shared a 1969 Nobel Prize for his work in viral genetics.

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