What's New?
New Collections
July 2008
- Paul Berg Papers added
Paul Berg (b. 1926) is an American biochemist who
shared the 1980 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
"for his fundamental studies of the biochemistry
of nucleic acids, with particular regard to
recombinant-DNA."
(Available July 2008)
March 2008
- Alan Gregg Papers added
Alan Gregg (1890-1957) was a career Rockefeller Foundation
officer, and a leader in the fields of public health, medical
education and research.
(Available March 2008)
December 2007
- Maxine Singer Papers added
Maxine Singer (b. 1931) is an American molecular biologist
who made important contributions to the deciphering of the
genetic code. She also served as an effective champion of women
in science, of improvements in science education, and of
scientists who engage in public policy debates.
(Available December 2007; announcement, updated March 2008)
October 2007
- Arthur Kornberg Papers added
Arthur Kornberg (1918-2007) was an American biochemist who
shared the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for
"discovery of the mechanisms in the biological synthesis
of ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid."
(Available October 2007; press release, updated March 2008)
Updates
March 2008
- All of the Profiles in Science collections were refreshed and
updated. 6,208 new documents were added to existing collections:
Joshua Lederberg Papers (6,107),
Mary Lasker Papers (15),
Rosalind Franklin Papers (14),
Harold Varmus Papers (11),
Edward D. Freis Papers (10),
Arthur Kornberg Papers (10),
Virginia Apgar Papers (9),
Sol Spiegelman Papers (9),
Salvador E. Luria Papers (6),
Maxine Singer Papers (6),
Michael Heidelberger Papers (4),
Julius Axelrod Papers (2),
Marshall W. Nirenberg Papers (2),
Francis Crick Papers (1),
C. Everett Koop Papers (1), and
Reports of the Surgeon General (1.)
Links to transcripts and optical character
recognized (OCR) documents were made prominent as alternatives
to PDF format files.
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