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Marvin Weintraub

Marvin Weintraub is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Marvin Weintraub rather than just read about it. In short: Marvin Weintraub (October 17, 1924 – April 2, 2021) was a Polish-born, Jewish, Canadian plant pathologist. Early life Marvin Weintraub (Moszeck-Szymon Wajntrob) was born in Radom, Poland on October 17, 1924.

Key takeaways

Marvin Weintraub belongs to biology; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Marvin Weintraub to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Marvin Weintraub from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Marvin Weintraub (October 17, 1924 – April 2, 2021) was a Polish-born, Jewish, Canadian plant pathologist.

Early life Marvin Weintraub (Moszeck-Szymon Wajntrob) was born in Radom, Poland on October 17, 1924. He emigrated to Toronto in 1930 with his father Abraham, mother Rachel, and brother Jerry. Weintraub became a Canadian citizen in 1935. Weintraub attended the University of Toronto, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in honours biology (1947) and a Doctor of Philosophy in botany (1950). Two years later, his thesis, "Leaf Movements in Mimosa pudica L.", was published in the New Phytologist.

Career He joined the Dominion Laboratory of Plant Pathology in St. Catharines, Ontario, where he was a member of the team that made the first direct isolation of the necrotic ring spot and sour cherry yellows viruses. His research focused on the role of immunity and protection in virus infection, chemotherapeutic control of viral infections, and the cytopathology of virus-infected plants using electron microscopy. In 1956, Weintraub spent a year as a Research Fellow at the virus laboratory at University of California, Berkeley, where he worked with Wendell Meredith Stanley and Cecil Edmund Yarwood. In 1959, Weintraub was appointed as principal research scientist and head of the virus chemistry and physiology section of the newly opened Canada Department of Agriculture, Vancouver Research Station (VRS), where he established an electron microscopy facility for the study of plant viruses. Weintraub served as an associate editor of Virology and reviewed manuscripts for the Canadian Journal of Botany, Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, Phytopathology, and Science between 1966 and 1969. In 1968, Weintraub was designated as the Eminent Scientist on Exchange to the USSR under the National Research Council of Canada. In 1971, upon the retirement of the previous director, Weintraub became director of the VRS and served in this capacity until his retirement in 1989. Weintraub was an honorary professor at the University of British Columbia in the department of plant science, and was appointed by the minister of agriculture as BC's chief liaison officer to the federal department of agriculture in 1977.

Awards and honours Source:

1960 – Fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences 1977 – Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal 2019 – The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia recognized Weintraub's 95th birthday

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Marvin Weintraub

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Marvin Weintraub claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Marvin Weintraub before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Marvin Weintraub ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Marvin Weintraub

In research: Marvin Weintraub appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Marvin Weintraub in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Marvin Weintraub is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1924 births, 2021 deaths, 20th-century Polish botanists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Marvin Weintraub outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Marvin Weintraub in 20 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

What is Marvin Weintraub in simple terms?

Marvin Weintraub (October 17, 1924 – April 2, 2021) was a Polish-born, Jewish, Canadian plant pathologist. Early life Marvin Weintraub (Moszeck-Szymon Wajntrob) was born in Radom, Poland on October 17, 1924.

Why does Marvin Weintraub matter?

Because it connects several biology ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Marvin Weintraub?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Marvin Weintraub.