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Efraim Racker

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Explore the life of scientist and artist Efraim Racker, Cornell University's first Albert Einstein Professor of Biochemistry 1966-91. He spent a long and gratifying life experimenting with science and art.

A website was launched in 2013 (now decommissioned), the centennial year of his birth, as a mechanism to present Racker as a scientist and an artist. Conceptually, the website worked to show the connection between his two identities. The content of the website has been captured and collected in eCommons as of 2025. This includes Efraim Racker's history, his scholarship, his art albums, and an annual lecture series that honors Racker, sponsored by the Cornell University Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics.

See also the archival copy of the original website for this collection. Please use the eCommons collection to access the content.

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    New dictionary of scientific biography excerpt: Efraim Racker
    Allchin, D. (Charles Scribner’s Sons/Thomson Gale., 2007)
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    A giant scientific breakthrough that turned out to be a fraud.
    Vogt, Volker M. (2013-07-02)
    An account of scientific fraud perpetrated by a graduate student in Efraim Racker's Lab in 1980-1 including discussion of how it was perpetrated, how it was discovered, and ramifications for Racker.
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    Racker, Efraim
    Cornell University, Office of the Dean of the University Faculty (Cornell University, 1991)
    Memorial Statement for Professor Efraim Racker who died in 1991. The memorial statements contained herein were prepared by the Office of the Dean of the University Faculty of Cornell University to honor its faculty for their service to the university.