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Oral history interview with Maureen J. Charron
- 1999-Sep-07 – 1999-Sep-09
… The other science teacher I had that was good was my chemistry teacher. She was a nun, Sister Kathleen McKinney. Kathy McKinney … could be married, couldn't you?" She loved science. She loved her chemistry. Also, she wasn't like the Charlie Brown teacher. [makes mumbling …the end of college. I majored in biology. I considered majoring in chemistry but, really, I'm much more of a visual-type person and chemistry …
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Oral history interview with Glen Nemerow
- 1990-Jun-19
…of stimulation that I can remember. I also had a very good chemistry teacher, although I found chemistry a lot more difficult to absorb … and yet there’s seven in chemistry—between neuropharmacology and chemistry there’s seven chairs. I think … now have an opportunity to really find out what’s involved in the chemistry of virus-ligand interaction. We’re almost poised at that right now…
- Interviewee Nemerow, Glen
- Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Sawyer, Richard
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Nemerow, Glen, Medical scientists, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Virology, Herpesviruses, Viruses--Receptors
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Oral history interview with Richard Cerione
- 1990-Mar-07
…because the first two years were almost identical. You took a heavy chemistry load your first two years, whether you were a chemical engineer or …undergraduate biochemistry major that was distinct from either biology or chemistry. So as an undergrad, it was in the Arts and Sciences. That’s where … I’ve had this continuous flow of Cornell chemistry students doing postdocs who are very well trained quantitatively—they…
- Interviewee Cerione, Richard A., 1951-
- Interviewer Kohler, Robert, Morrissette, Naomi
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Cerione, Richard A., 1951-, Biochemistry, Enzymes, Cytology, G proteins, molecular biology, X-ray spectroscopy, Cell membranes
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Oral history interview with Robert D. Nicholls
- 1997-Sep-03 – 1997-Sep-05
…science-related things from a young age. Like a typical kid I had the chemistry sets and little microscopes and all those types of things. I was …small school. Particularly in my final year of high school in math and chemistry and physics we had five or six students, so we had a lot of time …particularly in second year-- The first year was more just biology, math, chemistry. Chemistry was then split--organic, inorganic, physical--but pretty…
- Interviewee Nicholls, Robert D., 1960-
- Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Nicholls, Robert D., 1960-, Medical scientists, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Escherichia coli, Genetic disorders, Nervous system--Diseases, Angelman syndrome, Prader-Willi syndrome
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Oral history interview with Frank A. Laski
- 1994-May-13
- 1994-May-19
- 1994-May-26
…tenth grade, I had got my study habits down, or whatever, and took chemistry then and did quite well in chemistry and liked it a lot. So by tenth …took physics, and then, finally, in twelfth grade, I took an advanced chemistry course at Lawrence Institute of Technology, a local college. Our school system didn't have an advanced chemistry course, so they arranged it with this college. Actually, this college…
- Interviewee Laski, Frank Allen
- Interviewer Novak, Steven J.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Laski, Frank Allen, Biochemistry, Genetic engineering, Recombinant DNA, Sharp, Phillip A., Adenoviruses, Molecular cloning, Germ cells, University of California, Los Angeles, Drosophila
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Oral history interview with Toshio Tsukiyama
- 2003-Oct-24
- 2003-Oct-27
…lecturer--I don't know--right now, maybe an assistant professor, in chemistry, but she's doing more teaching than research, I believe. The youngest …TSUKIYAMA: Not really, not at all. I liked math, I liked physics. I hated chemistry, organic chemistry. I hated biology even more, and I really, really …many things to just memorize. I remember the time I started hating chemistry, for example, was when we moved on to organic chemistry, because …
- Interviewee Tsukiyama, Toshio, 1962-
- Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Tsukiyama, Toshio, 1962-, Molecular biology, Molecular biologists, Medicine--Research, Chromatin, Emigration and immigration
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Oral history interview with Jeffrey Wilusz
- 1998-Jan-19 – 1998-Jan-21
…t have to. You could just go with the five hundred kids to organic chemistry, go with three hundred of those to biochemistry, and just sort of …, but it was really from a demonstration basis. I don’t recall any chemistry labs at all. The physics I had was a joke. The person who … and initiator methionine tRNA. Journal of Biological Chemistry 261:5467-72]. You have several different kind of lines of research…
- Interviewee Wilusz, Jeffrey, 1959-
- Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject RNA--Research, Molecular biology--Research, Microbiologists, Ebola virus disease, Wilusz, Jeffrey, 1959-, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research
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Oral history interview with Edgar S. Woolard Jr.
- 1999-Jun-10
…routes. I liked physics a lot, but curiously, I wasn’t really good at chemistry. I had a little chemistry set. In school, I liked it very much, …and don’ts and ideas, explaining to me how polyester worked and the chemistry behind it. When I went to Alcoa, they said, “Here’s your desk. …think they can be great in chemistry, polymers, and life sciences.” Bayer [Corporation] and BASF still…
- Interviewee Woolard, Edgar S., Jr., 1934-
- Interviewer Traynham, James G.
- Sponsor Society of Chemical Industry (Great Britain). American Section
- Subject Woolard, Edgar S., Jr., 1934-, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Aluminum Company of America, Businesspeople, Executives, Chemical industry, Dacron, Polyesters
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Oral history interview with Jochen Buck
- 1998-Dec-14 – 1998-Dec-16
…memories of when I was in elementary school. My father was teaching chemistry to the twelve-year-olds and thirteen-year-olds, and they did fancy … BUCK: I really have to say that when later I got interested in chemistry myself, what happened was that I was allowed to use the chemistry … MAESTREJUAN: What experiments did you do? BUCK: Very trivial chemistry--color reactions and stuff like that. MAESTREJUAN: Were you …
- Interviewee Buck, Jochen, 1956-
- Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Vietnam War (1961-1975), Hammerling, Ulrich, Buck, Jochen, 1956-, Cells--Growth, Autocrine mechanisms, Vitamin A, Cornell University. Medical College, Adenylate cyclase, Medical scientists, Pharmacologists
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NOBCChE News, Volume 12, Number 3
- 1991-Sep
…NOBCChE NEWS Volume 12, Number 3 September 1991 The Role of Chemistry in Microelectronics Victor R. McCrary Staff AT&T Bell Laboratories …a paper of your original work in the following areas: ¢ Analytical Chemistry e Organic Chemistry ¢ Biochemistry ! ¢ Polymer Chemistry e Chemical Engineering e Physical Chemistry e Inorganic Chemistry Symposia e Environmental Science e Materials…
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NOBCChE News, Volume 12, Number 2
- 1991-Jun
… More than 100 technical papers covered the areas of ro Analytical chemistry, Organic and Polymer Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, and Microelectronics … Fraser-Reid, James B. Duke Professor of Chemistry, Duke University : |…
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NOBCChE News, Volume 11, Number 4
- 1990-Dec
… or B.S. degree, including two semesters each of calculus, organic chemistry and physical chemistry. Promising students can make up deficiencies …invited to submit a paper of your work in the areas of: Analytical Chemistry Inorganic hy Biochemist Laser Chemistry /Photochemistry Biomedical … Science Petroleum Engineering Environmental Chemistry Physical Chemistry Forensic Chemistry Physics Genetic Engineering…
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Chemical Heritage, Volume 29 Number 1
- 2011 (Spring)
…devoted some of your life to a facet of the great enterprise that is chemistry, whether through bench chemistry or chemical engineering, business …of chemistry. Moving away from chemistry, Nocera asked, what is the business model … Chemistry Council American Chemical Society Division of the History of Chemistry…
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NOBCChE News, Volume 17, Number 3
- 1996-Sep – 1996-Oct
…(first) Practicum. The course work included a year each of organic chemistry, inor- ganic chemistry, and analytical chem- The Doctor of Chemistry …approved programs required. Teaching responsibilities include bio- chemistry, organic chemistry, general chemistry and non-majors courses. Nazareth … (1991). 2.” Preparing Problem Solvers for Industry: the Doctor of Chemistry Program”, Chemtech, March 1992, 162. 3.”The Doctor of Chemistry: …
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William A. Lester, Jr.'s bio-bibliography supplement form, 1988
- 1988-Jul-15
… Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, November 16, 1987. Invited lecture, "Quantum Monte Carlo in Quantum Chemistry," Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, September … Chemistry Conference, University of California, Berkeley, June 10-12, 1987.…
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NOBCChE Newsletter, Volume 1, Number 1
- 1979-Dec
…traditional areas of: Chemical Engineering Organic and Biochemistry Physical Chemistry/Chemical Physics Inorganic Chemistry Analytical Chemistry Environmental …Chemical Health and Safety Chemical Marketing and Economics Computers and Chemistry Nuclear Chemistry and Technology Polymer Chemistry Chemical Patents Pharmaceutical Chemistry Chemical Education Petroleum and Synthetic Fuels Chemistry If you…
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Chemical Heritage, Volume 31 Number 2
- 2013 (Summer)
… …“My support helps CHF to celebrate achievement across the field of chemistry. Honoring the great names of contempo- rary chemistry is Just as …others, each with step-by-step instructions. In an introduction to a chemistry book Woodhouse pointed out to parents how useful chemistry would …
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New York Times obituary for Georg Bredig
- 1944
…age was 75. Dr. Bredig’s contributions to the sciences of physical chemistry and electro chemistry were in the fields of catalysis and reaction …stitution in 1894. The same year he became an instructor in physi- cal chemistry at the University of Leipzig and later was an assistant ‘Iprofessor … Professor | lof Physical Chemistry and Electro- | Chemistry at the University of Zurich in 1910-11. …
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Oral history interview with James Krause
- 1989-Mar-07
…, too. THACKRAY: So Stevens Point, what took you to biology, chemistry, and you got an NSF [National Science Foundation] undergraduate fellowship …department and that program. THACKRAY: Was that the physiological chemistry? KRAUSE: Yes, the physiological chemistry department is the …there in your group or year? Was it a big program, in physiological chemistry? KRAUSE: In physiological chemistry it was relatively small…
- Interviewee Krause, James E., 1952-
- Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Morris, Stephanie
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Krause, James E., 1952-, Molecular neurobiology, Biochemistry, Steroid hormones, Peptide hormones, Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.). School of Medicine, Neurotransmitters, State University of New York at Stony Brook
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Oral history interview with Jay D. Horton
- 2007-Dec-19 – 2007-Dec-20
…terms of sciences? Or, did you develop any sort of other interests in chemistry, physics? HORTON: No, I enjoyed chemistry. I enjoyed…physics …. It was just chemistry as far as I can remember. CARUSO: Do you remember doing any …school there weren’t quite as many options. , but I took just basic chemistry, two semesters of that. Then I took physical chemistry. I took biochemistry…
- Interviewee Horton, Jay D., 1962-
- Interviewer Caruso, David J. (David Joseph), 1978-
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Horton, Jay D., 1962-, Zoology, Diapause, Cholesterol--Metabolism, Gastroenterology, Fatty acids--Synthesis, Molecular genetics, Clinical medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
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Oral history interview with Jeffery D. Molkentin
- 2004-Mar-15 – 2004-Mar-16
…introduced to in high school. So by the time I got to college, even chemistry, second semester, I’d already learned some of the stuff and I knew …the way through college, and that was mostly biology. Chemistry, on occasion I’d dip down in the top five or six students, but it …requested to join the editorial board of JBC [Journal of Biological Chemistry], Journal of Biological Chemistry, which is probably the major clearinghouse…
- Interviewee Molkentin, Jeffrey D., 1967-
- Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Molkentin, Jeffrey D., 1967-, Molecular biology, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Genetic transcription, Proteins--Research, Genetics, Myogenesis
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Oral history interview with Sandra Harding
- 2019-Apr-23 – 2019-Apr-25
- 2019-Aug-28
…your early impressions were of that. HARDING: Not good. I hated chemistry in high school. I can’t—I must have taken physics—oh, [yes], I remember …science, but they hated the idea of any social studies of physics or chemistry or biology. And so, I think the—this science wars story is a …philosophical, so nobody was going to take a philosophy degree and focus on chemistry. But they had found a couple of philosophers who did focus on chemistry…
- Interviewee Harding, Sandra G.
- Interviewer Klett, Joseph, Roberts, Jody A., 1976-
- Subject Harding, Sandra G., Philosophers, Women philosophers, Feminism, Feminist theory, Feminists, Science--Philosophy, Women in higher education
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Oral history interview with Christopher Rongo
- 2008-May-19 – 2005-May-20
…There’s a long list of classes that are pre-reqs, you know, organic chemistry, and physics, and all that stuff. It took a year before I [was] …courses, but basically, that’s the second year classes, even the organic chemistry and things like that were so new and refreshing and at such a level …23, 36, 37, 64 cell death (apoptosis), 32 Chang, Howard, 44, 45 Chemistry organic chemistry, 6, 7 Chen, Carlos, 52 China, 82, 83 Cirrhosis…
- Interviewee Rongo, Christopher, 1968-
- Interviewer Caruso, David J. (David Joseph), 1978-, Domush, Hilary
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Rongo, Christopher, 1968-, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Medical scientists, Neuroscientists, Nervous system--Research, Mitochondria
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Oral history interview with Mark B. Van Doren
- 2007-Nov-26 – 2007-Nov-27
…after my sophomore year. I’m getting confused as to whether it was chemistry…anyways, whenever I did what. I think it was tenth grade for biology … together, you could make explosives. Chemistry kits now have…you know, they’re essentially cookbooks, things that …50, 52, 53, 68 stem cells, 73, 77, 79, 80 Chaumont, New York, 10 Chemistry, 12, 80 organic chemistry, 12 Chicago, Illinois, 63 Children, …
- Interviewee Van Doren, Mark B., 1965-
- Interviewer Caruso, David J. (David Joseph), 1978-
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Van Doren, Mark B., 1965-, Molecular biology, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Drosophila, Oncogenes, Enzymes--Research, Proteins--Research
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Oral history interview with Roger S. Borovoy
- 2007-Aug-03
…, hands-on experiences? BOROVOY: Sure. Not a lot. A lot of chemistry labs. I took organic chemistry, with organic preparations. The first-year chemistry course came with a lab through the whole year: so a lot of chemistry …make it,” and I agreed. I mean, it was so—it was like comparing a [chemistry] laboratory at DuPont to the chemistry laboratory at MIT. …
- Interviewee Borovoy, Roger S., 1935-
- Interviewer Brock, David C.
- Sponsor Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Subject Borovoy, Roger S., 1935-, Fairchild (Firm), Intel Corporation, Semiconductors, Semiconductor industry, Chevron Research Company, Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984 (United States), Moore, Gordon E., 1929-2023