Selman A. Waksman
Selman A. Waksman
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1952
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Name: Selman Abraham Waksman
Birth: 22 July 1888, Priluka (now Nova Pryluka), Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
Death: 16 August 1973, Hyannis, MA, USA
Affiliation at the time of the award: Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Prize motivation: “for his discovery of streptomycin, the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis”
Field: anti-bacterial agents, bacteriology
Prize share: 1/1
Ukrainian-born American Microbiologist, Biochemist. Isolated several antibiotics including Streptomycin for Tuberculosis and Neomycin. Proceeds earned from patents funded Waksman Institute of Microbiology and Waksman Foundation for Microbiology.
“The Lord hath created medicines out of the earth; and he that is wise will not abhor them. Ecclesiasticus, XXXVIII , 4”
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| Publication: | 1/10 |
| Publication No: | US 2992162 A |
| Title: | Candicidin and process of preparation |
| Publication Type: | Grant |
| Publication Date: | July 11, 1961 |
| Filing Date: | September 09, 1952 |
| Inventors: | Selman A Waksman, Hubert A Lechevalier |
| Assignee: | Rutgers Res And Educational Foundation |
| Abstract: | No Abstract |
| Application number(s) | US19520308616 19520909 |
| Classification | Cooperative: C12P1/06; Y10S435/897 |
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| Publication: | 2/10 |
| Publication No: | US 2799620 A |
| Title: | Neomycin and process of preparation |
| Publication Type: | Grant |
| Publication Date: | July 16, 1957 |
| Filing Date: | June 29, 1956 |
| Inventors: | Selman A Waksman, Hubert A Lechevalier |
| Assignee: | Rutgers Res And Educational Foundation |
| Abstract: | No Abstract |
| Application number(s) | US19560594987 19560629 |
| Classification | International: C07H15/232 Cooperative: C07H15/232; Y10S435/896 |
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| Publication: | 3/10 | |
| Publication No: | US 2449866 A | |
| Title: | Streptomycin and process of preparation | |
| Publication Type: | Grant | |
| Publication Date: | September 21, 1948 | |
| Filing Date: | February 09, 1945 | |
| Inventors: | Selman A. Waksman, Schatz Albert | |
| Assignee: | Rutgers Res And Endowment Foundation | |
| Abstract: | No Abstract | |
| Application number(s) | US19450577136 19450209 | |
| Classification | Cooperative: C07H15/238; Y10S435/897 | |
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| Publication: | 4/10 | |
| Publication No: | US 2400143 A | |
| Title: | Processes of fermentation | |
| Publication Type: | Grant | |
| Publication Date: | May 14, 1946 | |
| Filing Date: | May 08, 1943 | |
| Inventors: | JSelman A. Waksman | |
| Assignee: | Merck & Co. Inc. | |
| Abstract: | No Abstract | |
| Application number(s) | US19430486248 19430508 | |
| Classification | International: C12P7/48 | |
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| Publication: | 5/10 | |
| Publication No: | US 2394031 A | |
| Title: | Process for the production of citric acid | |
| Publication Type: | Grant | |
| Publication Date: | Tuesday, February 05, 1946 | |
| Filing Date: | Saturday, March 14, 1942 | |
| Inventors: | Selman A. Waksman, Karow Edward Otto | |
| Assignee: | Merck & Co. Inc | |
| Abstract: | No Abstract | |
| Application number(s) | US19420434786 19420314 | |
| Classification | International: C12P7/48 Cooperative: C12P7/48l Y10S435/92 | |
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| Publication: | 6/10 | |
| Publication No: | US 2378876 A | |
| Title: | Actinomycin | |
| Publication Type: | Grant | |
| Publication Date: | Tuesday, June 19, 1945 | |
| Filing Date: | Thursday, October 02, 1941 | |
| Inventors: | Selman A. Waksman, Harold B. Woodruff | |
| Assignee: | Merck & Co., Inc. | |
| Abstract: | No Abstract | |
| Application number(s) | US19410413324 19411002 | |
| Classification | U.S. Classification 530/323 | |
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| Publication: | 7/10 | |
| Publication No: | US 2326986 A | |
| Title: | Process for the production of fumaric acid | |
| Publication Type: | Grant | |
| Publication Date: | Tuesday, August 17, 1993 | |
| Filing Date: | Saturday, July 01, 1939 | |
| Inventors: | Selman A. Waksman | |
| Assignee: | No Abstract | |
| Application number(s) | US19410413324 19411002 | |
| Classification | U.S. Classification 530/323 | |
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| Publication: | 8/10 |
| Publication No: | US 1611700 A |
| Title: | Process of making proteolytic enzymes |
| Publication Type: | Grant |
| Publication Date: | Tuesday, December 21, 1926 |
| Filing Date: | Monday, January 19, 1920 |
| Inventors: | Selman A. Waksman |
| Assignee: | Selman A. Waksman |
| Abstract: | No Abstract |
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| Classification | International C12N9/62 Cooperative C12N9/62 |
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| Publication: | 9/10 |
| Publication No: | US 1564385 A |
| Title: | Concentrated enzymic substance and method of preparing same |
| Publication Type: | Grant |
| Publication Date: | Tuesday, December 08, 1925 |
| Filing Date: | Friday, August 11, 1922 |
| Inventors: | Selman A Waksman |
| Assignee: | Jacques Wolfe & Co. |
| Abstract: | No Abstract |
| Application number(s) | US19220581236 19220811 |
| Classification | International C12N9/00 Cooperative C12N9/00 |
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| Publication: | 10/10 |
| Publication No: | US 1432312 A |
| Title: | Process of treating silk fibers |
| Publication Type: | Grant |
| Publication Date: | October 17, 1922 |
| Filing Date: | Thursday, February 03, 1921 |
| Inventors: | Selman A. Waksman |
| Assignee: | Selman A. Waksman |
| Abstract: | No Abstract |
| Application number(s) | US19210442277 19210203 |
| Classification | International D01C3/02 Cooperative D01C3/02 |
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