Franklin Stahl
Franklin Stahl | |
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| Born | Franklin William Stahl October 8, 1929 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | April 2, 2025 (aged 95) Eugene, Oregon, U.S. |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) University of Rochester (PhD) |
| Known for | Meselson-Stahl experiment |
| Spouse |
Mary Morgan
(m. 1955; died 1996) |
| Partner | Henriette M. Foss (died 2022) |
| Children | 3 |
| Awards | Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal, and others |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Molecular biology Genetics |
| Institutions | University of Missouri, University of Oregon |
| Academic advisors | Giuseppe Bertani |
Franklin William Stahl (October 8, 1929 – April 2, 2025) was an American molecular biologist and geneticist. With Matthew Meselson, Stahl conducted the famous Meselson-Stahl experiment showing that DNA is replicated by a semiconservative mechanism, meaning that each strand of the DNA serves as a template for production of a new strand.
Stahl was a professor of biology at the University of Oregon's Institute of Molecular Biology in Eugene, Oregon.