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Genetics, Microbial
Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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 — Box 7 - RECORDS CLOSED
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