JACQUES R. FRESCO, a biochemist who led pioneering research in RNA and DNA structure, died Dec. 5, 2021, at age 93. Fresco began studying the chemistry of nucleic acids as a graduate student, completing his Ph.D. work the year before the Watson-Crick model was published. At Princeton, he mentored generations of scientists, including Nobel laureate Tomas Lindahl, a former postdoctoral researcher in his lab. Fresco spent 53 years on the faculty, teaching and conducting research in chemistry, biochemical sciences, and molecular biology. He transferred to emeritus status in 2013 as the Damon B. Pfeiffer Professor in the Life Sciences.
JACQUES R. FRESCO, a biochemist who led pioneering research in RNA and DNA structure, died Dec. 5, 2021, at age 93. Fresco began studying the chemistry of nucleic acids as a graduate student, completing his Ph.D. work the year before the Watson-Crick model was published. At Princeton, he mentored generations of scientists, including Nobel laureate Tomas Lindahl, a former postdoctoral researcher in his lab. Fresco spent 53 years on the faculty, teaching and conducting research in chemistry, biochemical sciences, and molecular biology. He transferred to emeritus status in 2013 as the Damon B. Pfeiffer Professor in the Life Sciences.