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Oral history interview with Torsten N. Wiesel
- 2007-May-04
- 2007-Oct-10
Torsten N. Wiesel was born and grew up near Stockholm, Sweden, the youngest of five children. His father was a psychiatrist at Beckomberga Hospital, a mental institution comprising 30-40 fenced acres, and the whole…
- Interviewee Wiesel, Torsten N.
- Interviewer Daemmrich, Arthur, Caruso, David J. (David Joseph), 1978-
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Wiesel, Torsten N., Medical scientists, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Neurobiologists, Neurobiology, Mental illness, Nobel Prize winners
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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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Oral history interview with Xi He
- 2004-Aug-12
- 2004-Aug-15
Xi He was born in Wuhan, China during the Cultural Revolution, though he and his family soon moved out of Wuhan into a much more rural area. His father was an associate professor in a medical university—an…
- Interviewee He, Xi, 1962-
- Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject He, Xi, 1962-, Cultural Revolution (China : 1966-1976), Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976, Transcription factors, Genetic transcription--Regulation, National Institutes of Health (U.S.), Wnt pathway, Gene expression, Harvard University, Neurobiologists, Medical scientists
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Oral history interview with Rudolph E. Tanzi
- 1998-Nov-16 – 1998-Nov-18
- 1998-Nov-24
Rudolph E. Tanzi was born in Cranston, a suburb of Providence, Rhode Island, to parents of Italian descent. His father, until he suffered a fatal heart attack in his forties, was a baker in a family–run bakery in an…
- Interviewee Tanzi, Rudolph E.
- Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Tanzi, Rudolph E., Neurobiology, Neurobiologists, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Genetic disorders, Genetics--Research, Alzheimer's disease--Research
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Oral history interview with Henrique von Gersdorff
- 2006-Feb-08 – 2006-Feb-10
Enrique P. von Gersdorff was born in Brazil, the son of a German father and Brazilian mother who had met in Angola. His father worked for the United Nations, so he and his family moved several times from one country to…
- Interviewee von Gersdorff, Henrique, 1960-
- Interviewer Mejia, Robin
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject von Gersdorff, Henrique, 1960-, Neurobiology, Neurobiologists, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Electrophysiology, Brain--Research
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Oral history interview with Charles S. Zuker
- 1992-Dec-20
- 1993-Jan-30
- 1993-Apr-22
- 1994-Jan-29 – 1994-Jan-30
Charles S. Zuker was born and raised in Arica, Chile, on the border of Peru and Bolivia though the family moved to Santiago when Zuker was in the third year of his high school. His father was a prominent businessman,…
- Interviewee Zuker, Charles S., 1957-
- Interviewer Hathaway, Neil D.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Geneticists, Medical scientists, Genetics--Research, Medicine--Research, Drosophila, Photoreceptors, Neurobiologists, Zuker, Charles S., 1957-
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Oral history interview with Richard I. Dorsky
- 2009-Jul-15 – 2009-Jul-16
Richard I. Dorsky grew up in Palo Alto, California. His father was a chemist; his mother was a computer programmer. Dorsky always liked to understand how things worked, and his father promoted Dorsky's early interest in…
- Interviewee Dorsky, Richard I., 1969-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject University of Utah, Neurobiology, Neurobiology--Research, Neurobiologists, Wnt proteins, Developmental neurobiology, Dorsky, Richard I., 1969-
