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Lloyd M. Kozloff (1923–2012) was an American microbiologist and virologist. He served on the faculty of the University of Chicago, the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, and University of California, San Francisco, where he became dean of the UCSF Graduate Division. Kozloff retired from UCSF in 1993. He died of heart failure in 2012.

Early life and education

Kozloff was born in 1923 in Chicago. After finishing high school early, he attended University of Chicago and graduated with a degree in biochemistry at age 19. He served in the United States Navy for a time, then returned to Chicago for his Ph.D., which he received in 1948 for work with Earl Evans.

Academic career

Kozloff was offered a faculty position in the Division of Biological Sciences at University of Chicago following the completion of his Ph.D., and he remained at the school until 1963, when he moved to the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. While there he served as co-founding editor of the Journal of Virology, launched in 1967 under the leadership of Kozloff, Norman Salzman, and founding editor-in-chief Robert R. Wagner. In 1980 Kozloff moved again to University of California, San Francisco, where he served as the dean of the Graduate Division from 1981 to 1991. He retired in 1993. In recognition of his interest in graduate student education, a graduate fellowship was established in his name.

Research

Kozloff's research in virology concentrated on bacteriophages, or viruses that infect bacteria; he was part of the network of scientists studying similar problems known at the time as the "phage group". Kozloff was particularly interested in the biochemistry of viral replication and was among the early users of radiolabeling to trace this process. While at Chicago, Kozloff and Frank Putnam reported the then-surprising discovery that a fraction of the phosphorus found in the DNA of a bacteriophage virus would be incorporated into the phage's progeny; this observation was important evidence in establishing the genetic role of DNA. While in Colorado, Kozloff developed a new research interest in ice-nucleating bacteria.

Personal life

Kozloff and his wife had four children; his daughter Sarah Kozloff is a professor of film at Vassar College. Kozloff died of heart failure in 2012 at age 88.

References

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2. ^ "Lloyd M. Kozloff, Pioneer of Molecular Biology, Dies". UCSF News. 19 March 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
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4. Olby, Robert (1994). The path to the double helix the discovery of DNA. New York: Dover Publications. ISBN 9780486166599.
5. Creager, Angela N.H. (March 2009). "Phosphorus-32 in the Phage Group: radioisotopes as historical tracers of molecular biology". Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences. 40 (1): 29–42. doi:10.1016/j.shpsc.2008.12.005. PMC 2720599. PMID 19268872.
6. Esteban, David (16 March 2012). "Founding editor of JVI, Lloyd Kozloff, dies". Virology at Vassar.

• American microbiologists
• American immunologists
• University of California, San Francisco faculty
• University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus faculty
• University of Chicago faculty
• University of Chicago alumni
• 1923 births
• 2012 deaths