Nina V. Fedoroff Ph.D.

National Medal of Science - Biological Sciences 2006

Plant Molecular Biologist. Geneticist. First to clone and characterize maize transposons. Founding director, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences. Interests: Education, Public Policy.

"It's as much wanting to succeed as it is to using your brains. I've seen very bright people fall out of the system".

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The Dynamic Genome: Barbara McClintock's Ideas in the Century of Genetics
Nina Fedoroff, David Botstein
Nina Fedoroff, David Botstein
CSHL Press, 1992
087969422X, 9780879694227
422 pages
Science, Life Sciences, Molecular Biology
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Mendel in the Kitchen:: A Scientist's View of Genetically Modified Food
Nancy Marie Brown, Nina V. Fedoroff
Joseph Henry Press, 2004
0309133688, 9780309133685
384 pages
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Plant Transposons and Genome Dynamics in Evolution
Nina V. Fedoroff
John Wiley & Sons, 2013
1118500105, 9781118500101
243 pages
Science, Life Sciences, Botany

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Name: Nina V. Fedoroff
Birth: 1942
Title: Evan Pugh Professor of Biology
Affiliation: Pennsylvania State University
Citation:: "For her pioneering work on plant molecular biology, and for her being the first to clone and characterize maize transposons. She has contributed to education and public policy pertaining to recombinant DNA and genetic modification of plants." Awarded by President George W. Bush in a White House ceremony on July 27, 2007.
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