Edwin Southern

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Sir Edwin Southern (born 1938) is a 2005 Lasker Award-winning molecular biologist. His award is from the invention of the Southern blot, now a common laboratory procedure. The Southern blot is used for DNA analysis. The Northern blot is a similar procedure for RNA, playing off the Southern name. The Western blot is a further pun on the Southern blot, but is an important research tool in protein detection.

The Southern blot is routinely used for genetic fingerprinting and paternity testing.