M. Laurance Morse Explained

Melvin Laurance Morse
Birth Date:	February 23, 1921
Birth Place:	Hopkinton, Massachusetts
Field:	Microbiology Microbial Genetics
Work Institution:	Oak Ridge National Laboratory University of Wisconsin-Madison University of Colorado School of Medicine
Alma Mater:	University of New Hampshire University of Kentucky University of Wisconsin
Doctoral Advisor:	Joshua Lederberg
Known For:	Specialized Transduction

Melvin Laurance Morse (February 23, 1921 – November 7, 2003) was an American microbiologist. He is notable for his experiments (with Esther Lederberg and Joshua Lederberg) in specialized transduction.^{[1] [2]}

Professional associations

• American Society for Microbiology
• American Association for the Advancement of Science

External links

• To view the thirty-year correspondence between M. Laurance Morse and Esther M. Lederberg, see http://www.estherlederberg.com/EImages/Archive/ArchiveIndex.html; click the entry for "Morse, M. Laurance".
• University of Colorado School of Medicine obituary for M. Laurance Morse: https://web.archive.org/web/20110929191729/https://www.cu.edu/sg/messages/2708.html

Notes and References

1. Book: Lindsten, Jan. Physiology Or Medicine: 1971-1980. 1 January 1992. World Scientific. 978-981-02-0791-5. 475.
2. Book: Dasgupta, M. K.. Principles of Plant Pathology. 1988. Allied Publishers. 978-81-7023-192-9. 354.