What is Martha Chase?
{{Infobox scientist |name = Martha Cowles Chase |image = Martha Chase.jpg |image_size = |alt = |caption = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|11|30}} |birth_place = [[Cleveland Heights, Ohio]], [[USA]] |death_date = {{Death date and age|2003|08|08|1927|11|30}} |death_place = Lorain, Ohio, [[USA]] |citizenship = [[USA|United States]] |nationality = [[USA|American]] |fields = [[Genetics]] |workplaces = |alma_mater = College of Wooster, [[University of Southern California]] |doctoral_advisor = |academic_advisors = |doctoral_students = |notable_students = |known_for = |influences = |influenced = |awards = }} '''Martha Cowles Chase''' (November 30, 1927 &ndash; August 8, 2003), also known as '''Martha C. Epstein''',<ref name=Scientist>{{cite web | url = http://www.the-scientist.com/news/20030820/03/ | title = Martha Chase dies | accessdate = 2010-09-25 | last = Dawson | first = Milly | date = 2003-08-20 | work = The Scientist | archive-date = 2005-11-25 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051125065434/http://www.the-scientist.com/news/20030820/03 | url-status = dead }}</ref> was an [[United States of America|American]] [[geneticist]] known for having experimentally showed in 1952 (with [[Alfred Hershey]]) that [[DNA]] rather than [[protein]] is the genetic material of life. ==Early Life and Education== Chase was born in 1927 in [[Cleveland, Ohio]]. In 1950 she received her [[bachelor's degree]] from the [[College of Wooster]]. In 1964 Chase received her [[PhD]] from the [[University of Southern California]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Lavietes|first=Stuart|title=Martha Chase, 75, a Researcher Who Aided in DNA Experiment|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/13/us/martha-chase-75-a-researcher-who-aided-in-dna-experiment.html|publisher=The New York Times}}</ref> ==Research and Later Life== In 1952 Chase was a young [[laboratory]] assistant to American [[bacteriophage]]