Lederberg, Joshua
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Joshua Lederberg papers
Collection
Identifier: HMD MS ACC 2008-074
Abstract
UNPROCESSED COLLECTION. Additional correspondence and subject files (2000-), reprints of others, publications of others (Lederberg's office library), various institutional annual/policy reports, maps.
Dates:
2000-
Joshua Lederberg Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS C 552
Abstract
Lederberg won the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Edward Tatum and George Beadle "for his discoveries concerning genetic recombination and the organization of the genetic material of bacteria." He was professor of genetics at Stanford University, president of Rockfeller University, and public servant to presidents, national groups, and governmental organizations.
Dates:
1904-2008
Oswald T. Avery Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS C 497
Abstract
Artificial collection of primarily secondary research materials and photocopies of originals from the Rockefeller Archive Center assembled by Avery's colleague Joshua Lederberg. Avery's career focused on a "systematic effort to understand the biological activities of pathogenic bacteria through a knowledge of their chemical composition," focusing most of his research on a single species of pneumococcus, Diplococcus pneumoniae. The collection falls roughly into two parts: items related to the...
Dates:
1912-2005
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- Genetics, Microbial 2
- Molecular Biology 2
- Recombination, Genetic 2
- Transformation, Bacterial 2
- Advisory Committees 1
- Antigens 1
- Artificial Intelligence 1
- Bacteria 1
- Bacterial Typing Techniques 1
- Bacterial Vaccines 1
- Bacteriophages 1
- Biological Warfare 1
- Bioterrorism 1
- Cell Culture Techniques 1
- Communicable Diseases 1
- Conservation of Natural Resources 1
- Cultural Evolution 1
- DNA 1
- Developmental Biology 1
- Drug Resistance, Microbial 1
- Escherichia Coli 1
- Eugenics 1
- Evolution, Molecular 1
- Exobiology 1
- Expert Systems 1
- Genetic Engineering 1
- Health Policy 1
- Immune Sera 1
- Information Science 1
- Intellectual Disability 1
- Lysogeny 1
- Mental Health 1
- Mutation 1
- Neoplasms 1
- Pneumococcal Infections 1
- Risk Assessment 1
- Streptococcus pneumoniae 1
- Transduction, Genetic 1
- Transformation, Genetic 1 ∧ less
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