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Selman Abraham Waksman [1] (Nova Pryluka, [2] 22 de julio de 1888-Woods Hole, 16 de agosto de 1973) fue un bioquímico y microbiólogo estadounidense, que en 1952 obtuvo el premio Nobel en Fisiología o Medicina.
Selman Abraham Waksman nació el 22 de julio de 1888 en Novaya Priluka (Ucrania) en el seno de una familia judía. Su padre se llamaba Jacob Waksman y su madre Fradia London. Recibió su primera educación de manos de profesores particulares y en las escuelas de Zhitomir, la capital de Volhynia, y de Odessa.
Selman Abraham Waksman (July 22, 1888 – August 16, 1973) was a Jewish Ukrainian inventor, Nobel Prize laureate, biochemist and microbiologist whose research into the decomposition of organisms that live in soil enabled the discovery of streptomycin and several other antibiotics.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1952 was awarded to Selman Abraham Waksman "for his discovery of streptomycin, the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis"
Selman Abraham Waksman. (Priluka, 1888 - Hyannis, Massachusetts, 1973) Investigador estadounidense de origen soviético especializado en microbiología. En 1910 emigró a Estados Unidos y se nacionalizó norteamericano en 1916.
24 de may. de 2005 · Learn about the life and achievements of Selman Waksman, the microbiologist who discovered streptomycin, the first effective treatment for tuberculosis. Explore his early years in Ukraine, his research on actinomycetes, and his landmark contributions to chemistry.
Selman Waksman was a prolific writer, publishing papers in a wide range of scientific journals, in several languages. He was author or coauthor of 28 books. His “Principles of Soil Microbiology,” an 897-page volume, the first edition published in 1927, for years became the standard text book of his field.
