caption doctoral_advisor death_date death_place birth_place field work_institutions birth_date known_for doctoral_students prizes article_title birth_name alma_mater
marilyn , feb. 1972 zinder , norton zinder and esther m. lederberg joshua lederberg 3 february 2012 new york city , new york new york city , new york microbiology rockefeller university november 7 , 1928 transduction virology harvey lodish nas award for scientific freedom and responsibility -lrb- 1982 -rrb- award in molecular biology -lrb- 1966 -rrb- aaas norton zinder
 norton david zinder university of wisconsin -- madison
norton zinder

norton david zinder -lrb- november 7 , 1928 -- february 3 , 2012 -rrb- was an american biologist famous for his discovery of genetic transduction .
zinder was born in new york city , received his ph.d. from the university of wisconsin -- madison , and became a member of the national academy of sciences in 1969 .
he led a lab at rockefeller university until shortly before his death .
in 1966 he was awarded the nas award in molecular biology from the national academy of sciences .
