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