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American microbiologist (1928–2012)

Carl Richard Woese (WOHZ;^[3] July 15, 1928 – December 30, 2012) was an American microbiologist and biophysicist.

Woese is famous for defining the Archaea (a new domain of life) in 1977 through a pioneering phylogenetictaxonomy of 16S ribosomal RNA, a technique that has revolutionized microbiology.^[4][5][6][7] He also originated the RNA world hypothesis in 1967, although not by that name.^[8] Woese held the Stanley O.

Ikenberry Chair and was professor of microbiology at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign.^[9][10][11]

Life and education

Woese was born in Syracuse, New York on July 15, 1928.

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His family was German American. Woese attended Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts. He received a bachelor's degree in mathematics and physics from Amherst College in 1950. During his time at Amherst, Woese took only one biology course (Biochemis