Dr. Avery became a member emeritus at the Rockefeller Institute in 1943 and continued his research there until 1948. He is best known for his work in discovering, along with Colin MacLeod and Maclyn McCarty, that
deoxyribonucleic adic (DNA) serves as a genetic material.
Dr. Avery served as president for the American Association of Immunologists, the American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists, and the Society of American Bacteriologists, and was a member of numerous national medical assiciations.
Dr. Avery moved to Nashville in 1948. His brother, Roy Avery, was a bacteriologist at the Vanderbilt School of Medicine.
Dr. Avery became a member emeritus at the Rockefeller Institute in 1943 and continued his research there until 1948. He is best known for his work in discovering, along with Colin MacLeod and Maclyn McCarty, that
deoxyribonucleic adic (DNA) serves as a genetic material.
Dr. Avery served as president for the American Association of Immunologists, the American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists, and the Society of American Bacteriologists, and was a member of numerous national medical assiciations.
Dr. Avery moved to Nashville in 1948. His brother, Roy Avery, was a bacteriologist at the Vanderbilt School of Medicine.