Zbyszek Darzynkiewicz
Zbyszek Darzynkiewicz | |
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| Born | Zbigniew Dierżykraj Darżynkiewicz May 12, 1936 Dzisna (Wilno Voivodeship), Poland |
| Died | February 28, 2021 (aged 84) |
| Citizenship | American (naturalized 1976) |
| Alma mater | Medical University of Warsaw, Poland |
| Known for | The development of cytometry methods for single-cell analysis; the TUNEL assay |
| Spouse | Elizabeth T. Darzynkiewicz |
| Children | Richard B. Darzynkiewicz, Robert J. Darzynkiewicz |
| Awards | Distinguished Service Award, International Society for Analytical Cytology (ISAC), Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland |
| Scientific career | |
| Thesis | Studies of the Mechanism of Teratogenic Action of Insulin on Chicken Embryo. (1966) |
| Academic advisors | Kazimierz Ostrowski |
Zbigniew (DIM Zbyszek) Darzynkiewicz (ORCID 0000-0002-2040-7081) (Polish pronunciation: [zbiɡ.ɲɛf daʐɨŋkʲɛvit͡ʂ], DIM [zbɨ.ʂɛk]; born May 12, 1936, in Dzisna, Wilno Voivodeship, Poland – died February 28, 2021) was a Polish-American cell biologist active in cancer research and in developing new methods in histochemistry for flow cytometry.