What is Matthew Meselson?
{{Infobox scientist |birth_name = Matthew Stanley Meselson |image = File:Matthew Meselson 2010.jpg |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1930|05|24|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Denver]], Colorado, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |citizenship = |nationality = American |ethnicity = |fields = {{unbulleted list |[[Genetics]] |[[Biochemistry]] |[[Molecular biology]] }} | workplaces = {{plainlist| * [[Harvard University]] {{small|(1960-present)}} * [[Central Intelligence Agency]] }} |alma_mater = [[University of Chicago]] {{small|(Ph.B., 1951)}}<br>[[California Institute of Technology]] {{small|(Ph.D., 1957)}} |doctoral_advisor = [[Linus Pauling]] | thesis_title = I. Equilibrium sedimentation of macromolecules in density gradients with application to the study of deoxyribonucleic acid. II. The crystal structure of N,N-dimethyl malonamide | thesis_year = 1957 | thesis_url = http://thesis.library.caltech.edu/2536/ |isorsacademic_adv = |notable_students = [[Mark Ptashne]], [[Susan Lindquist]], [[Richard I. Morimoto]], [[Sidney Altman]], [[Nancy Kleckner]], [[Steven Henikoff]], Stephen Heinemann, Victor Corces |known_for = {{unbulleted list |[[Meselson–Stahl experiment]] |Discovery of [[messenger RNA]] |Discovery of [[restriction enzymes]] |[[Biological Weapons Convention]] (1972) |[[Yellow rain]] }} |influences = |influenced = |awards = Guggenheim Fellowship, [[MacArthur Fellows Program]] Genius Award, [[Genetics Society of America]] - [[Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal]] for lifetime contributions, [[Lasker Award]] for Special Achievement in Medical Science |religion = }} '''Matthew Stanley Meselson''' (born May 24, 1930) is a [[geneticist]] and [[molecular biologist]] at [[Harvard University]]. He is known for his demonstration, with [[Franklin Stahl]], of the [[semiconservative replication|semi-conservative]] [[DNA replication]]. After completing his Ph.D under [[Linus Pauling]] at the [[California Instit