Jerzy Jurka, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jerzy Jurka

American scientist

Date of Birth: 04-Jun-1950

Place of Birth: Ponikiew, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 19-Jul-2014

Profession: biologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Jerzy Jurka

  • Jerzy Wladyslaw Jurka (June 4, 1950 – July 19, 2014) was a Polish-American computational and molecular biologist.
  • He served as the assistant director of research at the Linus Pauling Institute prior to founding the Genetic Information Research Institute.
  • He collaborated with several notable scientists including George Irving Bell, Roy Britten, Temple Smith, and Emile Zuckerkandl.
  • His Erdos number is 3, using the path through Temple Smith and Stanislaw Ulam.

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