The Joshua Lederberg Papers Viewers You Need to Browse the Collection Exhibit Alphabetical Listing Chronological Listing Search the Full Collection Comments Joshua Lederberg (b. 1925) is an American geneticist and microbiologist who received the Nobel prize in 1958 for his work in bacterial genetics. The National Library of Medicine is the repository for the Joshua Lederberg Papers, which range ...

The Barbara McClintock Papers Viewers You Need to Browse the Collection Exhibit Alphabetical Listing Chronological Listing Finding Aid Search the Full Collection Comments Barbara McClintock (1902-1992) was an American geneticist who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her discovery of genetic transposition, or the ability of genes to change position on the chromosome. The ...

The Marshall Nirenberg Papers Viewers You Need to Browse the Collection Exhibit Alphabetical Listing Chronological Listing Search the Full Collection Comments Marshall W. Nirenberg (b. 1927) is an American biochemist who shared the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on deciphering the genetic code. The National Library of Medicine is the repository for the Marshall ...

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Contents | Next Born: London, England, July 25, 1920 Died: London, England, April 16, 1958 Pioneer Molecular Biologist There is probably no other woman scientist with as much controversy surrounding her life and work as Rosalind Franklin. Franklin was responsible for much of the research and discovery work that led to the understanding of the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA. The story of ...

A school term paper about Gregor Mendel that I published on the Web, instead of on paper. It even includes an INTERACTIVE pea breeding experiment!!!

June 2, 2000, Hour Two: A Conversation with James D. Watson ...

Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics: Historical archive of profiles of 20th century women who have made original and important contributions to physics. Focuses on the physicist's scientific work, presents brief descriptions of major contributions, and lists important publications, honors, and appointments.

The Nobel Prize Internet Archive's Exclusive: Interview with Prof. Lederberg, Winner of the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine conducted by Lev Pevzner March 20, 1996 Lev Pevzner - You were born in New Jersey. Where were your parents born Prof. Joshua Lederberg - In Israel. They came to the US in 1924. LP - Did they settle down and find jobs here right away JL - Well, I don't really ...

Gregor Mendel Home Page A brief article on the too-good-to-be-true controversy, Pilgrim, I. 1992 Has Mendel's Work Been Rediscovered, Fisher, R.A.1936 The Too-Good-to-be-True Paradox and Gregor Mendel, Pilgrim, I.1984 More on the too-good-to-be-true paradox and Gregor Mendel, Edwards, A.W.F. 1986 Rebuttal, Pilgrim, I. 1986 A Solution to the too-good-to-be-true paradox and Gregor Mendel, Pilgrim, ...

Chargaff's four rules on DNA base composition are now shown to be fundamental to the understanding of the structure and function of DNA and the transmission of two levels of genetic information from generation to generation ...

THOMAS HUNT MORGAN AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY Genes, Chromosomes, and the Origins of Modern Biology Eric R. Kandel The student of the humanities as well as the intelligent public looks at the history of human thought as a history of abstract ideas. . . . It is true that minds like those of Plato, Thomas Aquinas, Spinoza, Descartes, Hegel and Kant have exercised a strong influence upon the progress ...

A Celebration of the Life of Dr. Barbara McClintock Renowned Geneticist Remembered at Memorial Service Dr. Thomas Peterson Senior Staff Investigator Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor, NY At a recent memorial service to celebrate the life of distinguished geneticist and Nobel laureate Dr. Barbara McClintock, friends and colleagues reminisced about her life and outstanding ...

History of genetics Mendel Tschermak rediscovery ...

Gregor Mendel (1822-1884) : Library of Congress Citations The Little Search Engine that Could | Down to Name Citations | National Library of Canada | LC Online Catalog | COPAC Database (UK) | Free Email from Malaspina | Book Citations Author: Bateson, William, 1861-1926. Title: Mendel's principles of heredity; a defence by W. Bateson ... With a translation of Mendel's original papers on ...

BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS National Academy of Sciences Photo by Henry Jones Alfred Day Hershey December 4, 1908 May 22, 1997 By Franklin W. Stahl MOST STUDENTS OF BIOLOGY know of Hershey--his best known experiment is described in texts of both biology and genetics. This work (1952, 1) provided cogent support for the hypothesis that DNA is the conveyor of genetic information. The Hershey-Chase ...

Sept. 15, 1995 George Beadle: A Renaissance Man Spun From Cornsilk Nobel Winner James Watson To Speak at Beadle Dedication Sept. 22 Little Known Facts About the Beadle Center Research and Education Go Hand in Hand at the Beadle Center George Beadle: A Renaissance Man Spun From Cornsilk By Andrea Wood Cranford, UNL Alumni Association George Wells Beadle was a homespun sort of Renaissance man. The ...