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Avery, Oswald Theodore, 1877-1955

 Person

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Lab notes from Michael Heidelberger and Oswald Avery's experiments on pneumococcus bacteria and polysaccharides (1 of 4)

 Digital Record
Identifier: 101584940X177
Dates: Majority of material found in [October 1923-November 1925]

Lab notes from Michael Heidelberger and Oswald Avery's experiments on pneumococcus bacteria and polysaccharides (3 of 4)

 Digital Record
Identifier: 101584940X179
Dates: Majority of material found in [April 1925-January 1927]

Letter from Oswald T. Avery to Michael Heidelberger

 Digital Record
Identifier: 101584940X63
Dates: 29 August 1935

Michael Heidelberger Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 245a
Abstract

Michael Heidelberger (1888-1991) is known as one of the founders of quantitative immunochemistry, and in the course of his career studied, among others, bacterial polysaccharides (particularly pneumococcal), as well as the immunochemistry of proteins, antibodies, and antigens. The papers deal primarily with Heidelberger's career as a teacher, researcher, and active member of the scientific community.

Dates: 1901-1990 (bulk 1940-1975)

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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Digital Record 5
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Subject
Streptococcus pneumoniae 5
Laboratory notes 4
Polysaccharides 4
Antigens 2
Pneumococcal Infections 2