Yuri Lazurkin

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Yuri Semenovich Lazurkin
Born1916
DiedAugust 5, 2009
NationalityRussia
Known forfounder of DNA physics
Scientific career
FieldsPolymer physics, DNA physics
InstitutionsLeningrad Physico-Technical Institute
I. V. Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy
Russian Academy of Sciences
Doctoral advisorAnatolii Petrovich Aleksandrov
Doctoral studentsEdward Trifonov

Yuri Semenovich Lazurkin was a Russian physicist and a founder of a new discipline DNA physics.[1]

Scientific career

Lazurkin started his career[1] in a novel field polymer physics. During World War II, he was in the Navy and worked on demagnetizing of ships.

After the war, he returned to polymer physics.[2] One of the phenomenons that his laboratory studied and greatly contributed to its understanding, was DNA melting.

References

Sources
  • Esipova, Natalia; Frank-Kamenetsky, Maksim; Ivanov, Valerii; Sverdlov, Evgenii; Trifonov, Eduard; Vologodskii, Aleksandr; Zasedatelev, Aleksandr (2010). "Yuri Semenovich Lazurkin (1916–2009)". Biophysics. 54 (6): 753–754. doi:10.1134/S0006350909060165. ISSN 0006-3509. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • "Yurii Semenovich Lazurkin: On his 90th birthday". Polymer Science, Series A. 48 (9): 891–892. 2006. doi:10.1134/S0965545X0609001X. ISSN 0965-545X.

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