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27m 36s
Fields of Promise
- Sowing the Seeds of Biotechnology
- 1995
This video, produced with funding from Monsanto Company, presents the science behind genetically modified crops, beginning with Gregor Mendel and leading up to the mid-1990s cutting edge research in drought and…
- Producer Image Base
- Subject Transgenic plants, Genetically modified foods, Agriculture
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Unidentified employee of the Institute for Scientific Information at work
- After 1986 – before 1996
A black and white photographic view depicting a female employee at the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) in Philadelphia. The ISI was an academic publishing service, founded by Eugene Garfield (1925-2017) in…
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8 items
Oral history interview with Marinus Los
- 1995-Jan-17
The interview begins with Dr. Marinus Los' description of his family's origins in The Netherlands. When he was two years old, his family moved to England, where he received his early education during World War II.…
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11 items
Oral history interview with Charles W. Tobias
- 1995-May-15 – 1995-May-16
Charles Tobias begins this interview with a description of his extended family in Hungary and their interest in engineering. He remembers his early childhood and education in Hungary and the influence of his family and…
- Interviewee Tobias, Charles W., 1920-1996
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject Electrochemical Society, Tobias, Charles W., 1920-1996, Chemical engineers, Emigration and immigration
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2 items
Prosthetic arm with hook
- 1900s
A hollow, fiberglass prosthetic arm with attached pincher hooks and a rubber grip. The left hook can be manipulated by the wearer by a lever mechanism. The hooks are not detachable and the elbow joint is missing from…
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Prosthetic arm with strings
- 1900s
A prosthetic arm and detachable hand with wrist and mechanisms that allow the joints to be manually rotated and locked into place. The hand has a wide, hinged, non-jointed thumb with a large surface and a curved pointer…
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8 items
Standing Wheelchair Model
- 1900s
A wooden model of a standing wheelchair with a figure. The model is constructed of three pieces: two sides of the wheelchair, and one figure. The model was built by Morris A. Robbins, M.D. (1916-2004), an orthopedic…
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2 items
Pasteurization Does Not Destroy the Vitamins in Milk
- 1930s (Poster)
- After 1993 – before 2021 (Correspondence)
Framed poster depicting a baby holding a bottle of milk. Underneath reads: "Pasteurization Does/Not Destroy the/ Vitamins in Milk/Play Safe-Buy Only/Pasteurized/Milk".
A letter from James Dickson to Fred Weber is…
- Author Dickson, James
- Addressee Weber, Fred
- Subject Milk--Pasteurization, Dairy products, Pasteurization, Dickson, James
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Oral history interview with Peter S. Kim
- 1995-May-23 – 1995-May-24
- 1995-May-26
Peter S. Kim was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to parents who had emigrated from Korea after the Korean War and were studying at Georgia Institute of Technology. His father was a chemical engineer, his mother a biochemist.…
- Interviewee Kim, Peter S., 1958-
- Interviewer Novak, Steven J.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Kim, Peter S., 1958-, Chemistry, Nuclear magnetic resonance, Protein folding, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Leucine zippers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Medical colleges
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Oral history interview with Charles N. Cole and Inder Verma
- 1995-May-06
A joint interview with Charles N. Cole and Inder Verma.
Charles N. Cole begins his interview by discussing the reasons behind his decision to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Cole's interest in…
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2 items
Oral history interview with David Baltimore
- 1994-Feb-07
- 1995-Apr-13
- 1995-Apr-29
David Baltimore begins the series of interviews describing his interest in biology as a high-school student and throughout his college years at Swarthmore. During college, he spent a summer at Cold Spring Harbor where…
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Oral history interview with Douglas Yee
- 1995-Aug-23 – 1995-Aug-25
Douglas Yee was born in Detroit, Michigan to parents who had fled China just before World War II. His father was an engineer and his mother a radiologist. His mother comes from a large family, all of whom left China and…
- Interviewee Yee, Douglas, 1955-
- Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Yee, Douglas, 1955-, Medical scientists, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Oncology, Cancer--Research, Internal medicine, Somatomedin
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Oral history interview with Frances M. Brodsky
- 1995-Aug-21 – 1995-Aug-23
Frances M. Brodsky grew up in Princeton, New Jersey. Her father worked at ETS (Educational Testing Service), a job he began shortly after the company was founded. Her mother, an artist, was a professor at Rutgers and…
- Interviewee Brodsky, Frances M. (Frances Martha), 1955-
- Interviewer Novak, Steven J.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Brodsky, Frances M. (Frances Martha), 1955-, Biochemistry, Women in science, Monoclonal antibodies, HLA histocompatibility antigens, Immunology, Cytology, University of California, San Francisco, Becton-Dickinson, Affirmative action programs in education
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Oral history interview with Carolyn E. Machamer
- 1994-May-06 – 1994-May-07
- 1995-May-03 – 1994-May-04
Carolyn E. Machamer was born and grew up in a suburb of Detroit, Michigan, the oldest of three sisters. Her extended family, mother's in California and father's in Pennsylvania, remains close. Her father was a…
- Interviewee Machamer, Carolyn E., 1953-
- Interviewer Hathaway, Neil D.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Machamer, Carolyn E., 1953-, Biology, Viruses--Reproduction, University of Michigan. Cancer Center, Poliovirus, National Cancer Institute (U.S.), Virology, Histocompatibility antigens, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Women biologists
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Oral history interview with Paul M. MacDonald
- 1995-Feb-21 – 1995-Feb-23
Paul M. Macdonald was born in Denver, Colorado, to a forensic psychologist from New Zealand and an American nurse. He has an older sister, who is a dean at William and Mary College, and a younger brother. He grew up as…
- Interviewee Macdonald, Paul Marshall, 1955-
- Interviewer Novak, Steven J.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Macdonald, Paul Marshall, 1955-, Bacteriophages, Molecular genetics, Molecular biology, Recombinant DNA, Drosophila, Gene expression, Stanford University, Nucleotide sequence
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Oral history interview with James R. Lupski
- 1995-Aug-14 – 1995-Aug-16
James R. Lupski was born and raised on Long Island, New York, one of eight children. He attended a Roman Catholic elementary school but a public high school. Lupski and three of his siblings manifested, at different…
- Interviewee Lupski, James R., 1957-
- Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Lupski, James R., 1957-, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Chess, Neural receptors, Molecular cloning, Genetic disorders, Medical genetics, Baylor College of Medicine
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Oral history interview with W. Ian Lipkin
- 1995-Jul-14
- 1995-Jul-17
- 1995-Jul-27
- 1995-Aug-03
- 1995-Aug-07
W. Ian Lipkin was born in Chicago, Illinois, one of three children. His parents, of Russian Jewish background, met at the New School in New York City, New York, but moved to Chicago to study at the University of…
- Interviewee Lipkin, W. I. (W. Ian)
- Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Lipkin, W. I. (W. Ian), Anthropology, Indigenous peoples, Alaska Natives, Communicable diseases, Neurology, AIDS (Disease)--Patients, Scripps Research Institute, Neurotransmitters, Molecular biology, Borna disease, Nervous system--Degeneration
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7 items
Oral history interview with Frederick J. Karol
- 1995-Jan-10
This interview with Frederick J. Karol begins with a short discussion of Karol's family background and childhood near Boston, Massachusetts. Following an early interest in chemistry, Karol in 1946 enrolled at Boston…
- Interviewee Karol, Frederick J., 1933-
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Sponsor Society of Chemical Industry (Great Britain). American Section
- Subject Karol, Frederick J., 1933-, World War (1939-1945), Soldiers, Union Carbide Corporation, Polyethylene, License agreements, Chemical industry, Shell Chemical Company, Polypropylene, Ziegler-Natta catalysts, Polymers, Polymerization, Chemists
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Oral history interview with Jonathon Howard
- 1995-Jan-23 – 1995-Jan-25
Jonathon Howard was born in Sydney, Australia. The oldest of four children, he grew up in a suburb of Sydney. He lived near Ku-Ring-Gai National Park, where he loved to hike, camp, and fish. He also played cricket and…
- Interviewee Howard, Jonathon, 1957-
- Interviewer Novak, Steven J.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Howard, Jonathon, 1957-, Neurobiology, Photoreceptors, Hair cells, University of Washington, Kinesin, Myosin, Neurobiologists, Medical scientists
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2 items
Oral history interview with Christine E. Holt
- 1995-Oct-25 – 1995-Oct-27
Christine E. Holt was born and raised in Wylam, a small village in Northumberland in the north of England, the youngest of three siblings. Her mother was a homemaker; her father was a naval sea captain during World War…
- Interviewee Holt, Christine E., 1954-
- Interviewer Novak, Steven J.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Holt, Christine E., 1954-, Genetics, Neurobiology, Electrophysiology, Xenopus, Brain--Physiology, Retina, Cell differentiation, University of California, San Diego, Women in science, Women in medicine, Neuroscientists, Medical scientists, Women medical scientists
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8 items
Oral history interview with Jack B. St. Clair
- 1995-Feb-07
Jack B. St. Clair begins with a description of his background and early childhood in Roanoke, Virginia, where his extended family was involved with the railroad. His father's work with the Public Health Service in 1931…
- Interviewee St. Clair, Jack B., 1919-2019
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Sponsor Society of Chemical Industry (Great Britain). American Section
- Subject St. Clair, Jack B., 1919-2019, Chemistry, Technical, Chemical engineering, Catalytic reforming, Petroleum industry and trade, Gasoline--Research, Shell Chemical Company
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Oral history interview with Stephen J. Elledge
- 1995-Aug-16 – 1995-Aug-18
Stephen J. Elledge was born in Paris, Illinois. He had two older sisters and an older half sister. He attended Roman Catholic elementary school but rebelled against the religious teaching and switched to public schools.…
- Interviewee Elledge, Stephen Joseph, 1956-
- Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Elledge, Stephen Joseph, 1956-, Davis, Ronald W. (Ronald Wayne), 1941-, Cyclin-dependent kinases, Cell cycle, Cancer--Research, Baylor University. College of Medicine, Antioncogenes, Molecular cloning, Medical scientists
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Oral history interview with Brenda L. Bass
- 1995-Jul-24 – 1995-Jul-26
Brenda L. Bass grew up in the 1960's in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Her parents were young and had no opportunity to finish college, taking jobs as realtors. As a result, Bass was often cared for by her maternal…
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Oral History Interview with Paul J. Anderson
- 1995-May-18 – 1995-May-19
- 1995-May-22
Paul J. Anderson, the oldest of four children, was born in 1954; he grew up in a suburb of Syracuse, New York. His father was a school teacher and administrator, his mother a housewife. He discovered a love of science…
- Interviewee Anderson, Paul J., 1956-
- Interviewer Novak, Steven J.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Microbiologists, Medical scientists, Cancer--Treatment--Research, Cancer--Immunological aspects, Clinical immunology, Medicine--Research
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Oral history interview with Stephen M. Denning
- 1995-Aug-23 – 1995-Aug-25
Stephen M. Denning was born in Murphy, North Carolina, a small town in the foothills of the Appalachians, and “about as far west in North Carolina as you could go”; he grew up in nearby Rutherfordton. Both parents were…
- Interviewee Denning, Stephen M., 1954-
- Interviewer Meldrum, Marcia L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Cardiology--Research, Immunology--Research, Medicine--Research, Medical scientists, Cardiologists, Denning, Stephen M., 1954-
