biology presentation

1. By: Stephanie, Samantha, and Katie

2.  Born on November 30,
1927 in Ohio
 Died on August 8,
2003
 Job: lab assistant to
Alfred D. Hershey
 Changed her name to
Martha Cowles Chase
Epstein

3.  Degree from the College
of Wooster in 1950
 doctoral degree from
the University of
Southern California
 American geneticist
 Name is linked to the
path of demonstration
the DNA is the genetic
material

4.  Martha Chase and Alfred
Hershey did a series of
experiments in 1952
 They tested two hypotheses
 Showed that when viruses,
composed of DNA and protein,
infect bacteria, after the DNA
enters the host bacterial cell

5.  DNA was the genetic material and not protein

6.  http://www.bookrags.com/biography/marth
a-cowles-chase-wmi/
 http://hanneby.com/2011/08/biography-
martha-chase-1927-2003-american-
geneticist/
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Chase
 http://www.trueknowledge.com/q/facts_ab
out__martha_chase