Martha Chase
Martha Chase | |
|---|---|
| Born | Martha Cowles Chase November 30, 1927 |
| Died | August 8, 2003 (aged 75) Lorain, Ohio, USA |
| Other names | Martha C. Epstein |
| Education | College of Wooster, University of Southern California |
| Known for | Hershey–Chase experiment |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Genetics, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology |
| Institutions | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, University of Rochester |
| Doctoral advisor | Giuseppe Bertani, Margaret Lieb |
Martha Cowles Chase (November 30, 1927 – August 8, 2003), also known as Martha C. Epstein, was an American geneticist who in 1952, with Alfred Hershey, experimentally helped to confirm that DNA rather than protein is the genetic material of life.