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Synchron CX7 Clinical System
- 1990s
The Synchron systems run a wide range of clinical chemistry tests including drug and biological fluid analyses. The CX7 debuted in 1991.
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26M 13S
The Raritan River
- The History of the Basin
- 1990s
Educational video about the Raritan River Basin, a river system in central New Jersey. This video covers the features of the river, its history, and ongoing protection efforts.
- Creator Of Work Raritan River Consortium
- Subject New Jersey--Raritan River, New Jersey--Raritan River Watershed, New Jersey, Rivers, Stream ecology, Water--Pollution
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Oral history interview with Beverly M. Emerson
- 1992-Dec-16
- 1992-Dec-18
- 1992-Dec-21
- 1993-Jan-28
Beverly M. Emerson was born in Eugene, Oregon, and spent much of her childhood there. She was the only child of her two parents, but her father had three children by a previous marriage. Her parents divorced when she…
- Interviewee Emerson, Beverly M., (Beverly Marie), 1952-
- Interviewer Hathaway, Neil D.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Emerson, Beverly M., (Beverly Marie), 1952-, National Institutes of Health (U.S.), Women in science, Genetic transcription, Chromatin, Globin genes, Salk Institute for Biological Sciences, Proteins--Purification, Cloning, Transcription factors
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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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An Architectural Periodic Chart
- (May be the largest in the world.)
- 1993
Art reproduced from image depicting Mendeleev's Periodic System on on the wall of the Mendeleev Institute of Weights and Measures.
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7 items
Environmental Concerns
- 1993
A rectangular beige game box with black text and an image of the game board printed on the cover. The box contains instructions, 30 "Help Save the Earth" cards, 8 "Canal Trip" cards, 6 wood player pieces, 60 silver wood…
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4 items
Extrusion of saran bubbles at Dow Chemical Company
- 1993
Four views showing various stages of the extrusion of saran bubbles from a rolling machine at the Dow Chemical Company plant in Midland, Michigan. The employee visible in the photographs is unidentified. During…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Employees, Industries, Extrusion process, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Plastics--Extrusion, Plastics industry and trade, Machinery
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Joseph and Walter Coulter, holding a "Coulter - Science Serving Humanity" banner
- 1993
The photograph was taken to mark the Coulter Corporation's 35th anniversary. The group in the photograph are presumably Coulter employees at the company's Miami headquarters. Most wear red and white--the company's…
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57M 19S
Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri
- 1993
One of many in a series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The 1993 lecture includes the…
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Oral history interview with Boris Magasanik
- 1993 – 1995 (In three sessions)
Boris Magasanik begins the interview with a description of his childhood years in Vienna, Austria. Shortly after graduating from the Gymnasium in 1937, Magasanik immigrated to the United States to live with his sister…
- Interviewee Magasanik, Boris, 1919-2013
- Interviewer Schlesinger, Sondra
- Subject Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Biochemists, Magazanik, Boris, 1919-2013, Harvard Medical School, Columbia University
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26m 58s
Passing Through: An Introduction to Plastics
- Circa 1993
A high school student who is nervous about failing his chemistry test is transported to a vaguely Middle Ages, high fantasy castle where he meets a wizard trying to invent better armor for a knight. The student teaches…
- Creator Of Work National Plastics Center and Museum
- Subject Educational films, Plastics, Middle Ages, Wizards
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5m 53s
Passing Through: Behind The Scenes
- Circa 1993
This is a promotional work created by the National Plastics Center and Museum to advertise their educational video, Passing Through. Passing Through is a film for teenagers and high school science students in which a…
- Creator Of Work National Plastics Center and Museum
- Producer WAVE, Inc.
- Subject Science--Study and teaching, Plastics, Educational films, Middle Ages
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3 items
Wallace Coulter and Joseph Coulter, Jr.
- Undated
- 1993
- 1994
The photographs depict Wallace and Joseph Coulter, Jr. One group photo includes Sue Van, a Coulter Corporation executive and later President and CEO of the Wallace Coulter Foundation, and Don Grantham.
Wallace and…
- Subject Art objects, Bicycles, Executives, Portraits, Group
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Oral history interview with Jeffrey T. Holt
- 1993-Jan-03 – 1993-Jan-05
Jeffrey T. Holt was born and raised in Battle Creek, Michigan—the "Cereal City"—the middle child of three siblings. His father was an electrical engineer who worked for the Kellogg Company in packaging-type machines;…
- Interviewee Holt, Jeffrey T., 1954-
- Interviewer Hathaway, Neil D.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Holt, Jeffrey T., 1954-, Messenger RNA, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Pathology, Molecular biology, Cancer--Research, Antisense RNA, Vanderbilt University. School of Medicine, Medical scientists
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Oral history interview with Cedomir M. Sliepcevich
- 1993-Mar-01
Cedomir Sliepcevich begins the interview with a description of his family and early years in Anaconda, Montana. A firm educational beginning in Anaconda influenced Sliepcevich to attend college. He enrolled in the…
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19 items
Oral history interview with Thomas C. Alber
- 1993-Mar-15
- 1993-Apr-09
- 1993-Jul-16
- 1993-Jul-23
- 1993-Jul-28 – 1993-Jul-29
- 1993-Dec-15
Thomas C. Alber grew up as an American in post World War II Japan and had to deal with issues related to his bilingualism and biculturalism. After moving to Los Angeles with his mother in 1964, Alber was encouraged in…
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12 items
Oral history interview with Konrad E. Bloch
- 1993-Mar-22
The interview begins with Konrad E. Bloch describing his childhood in Neisse, Germany, and his undergraduate education at Technische Hochschule in Munich. During a research assistantship in Davos, Switzerland, Bloch had…
- Interviewee Bloch, Konrad Emil, 1912-
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject University of Oxford, Biosynthesis, Biochemists, Human Genome Project, Cholesterol, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Organic, Harvard University, Bloch, Konrad Emil, 1912-, Columbia University, Nobel Prize winners, Cholesterol--Synthesis, Nutrition, Emigration and immigration
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14 items
Oral history interview with Yusuf A. Hannun
- 1993-Mar-29 – 1993-Mar-30
- 1993-Apr-01 – 1993-Apr-02
Yusuf A. Hannun was born in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, though raised after the age of five in Beirut, Lebanon, the eldest of three siblings. His father was a medical officer in the British Army during the World War II and…
- Interviewee Hannun, Yusuf A., 1955-
- Interviewer Hathaway, Neil D.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Hannun, Yusuf A., 1955-, Education, Biomedical engineering, Protein kinase C, Diglycerides, Sphingolipids, Lebanese Civil War (Lebanon : 1975-1990), Lebanon--Beirut, Minorities in science, Molecular biologists, Medical scientists, Emigration and immigration
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16 items
Oral history interview with Herbert Tabor
- 1993-Apr-03
Herbert Tabor begins this interview with a discussion of his family and childhood. He grew up during the Depression in Manhattan, New York, and attended local public schools before becoming a student at City College in…
- Interviewee Tabor, Herbert, 1918-
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject Public health, Medical scientists--Biography, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Biochemistry--Research, Clinical chemistry, Drugs--Research
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9 items
Oral history interview with Howard E. Simmons, Jr.
- 1993-Apr-27
Howard E. Simmons, Jr., begins the interview describing his family history. Simmons, an only child growing up in Norfolk, Virginia, pursued early chemistry interests in a home laboratory and graduated high school near…
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Oral history interview with William A. Muller
- 1993-May-06
- 1993-May-14
- 1993-May-24
- 1993-May-28
William A. Muller was born in Manhattan but grew up on Long Island; he is the oldest of three brothers, among whom might be found typical sibling rivalry. He is of Jewish ancestry, but his parents and his extended…
- Interviewee Muller, William A., 1953-
- Interviewer Hathaway, Neil D.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Muller, William A., 1953-, DNA, Genetic engineering, Clinical medicine--Research, Baltimore, David, Massachusetts General Hospital, Pathology, Endothelial cells, Biochemistry, Cell adhesion molecules, Rockefeller University, Cornell University. Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College
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Oral history interview with Joseph P. Dougherty
- 1993-May-07
- 1993-May-11
- 1993-May-18
- 1993-May-21
Joseph P. Dougherty begins his oral history with a discussion of his youth in various parts of New York City and raises such topics as his family's religion and his father's experiences with the local unions. Dougherty…
- Interviewee Dougherty, Joseph P., 1952-
- Interviewer Hathaway, Neil D.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Virologists, Virology--Research, Medical scientists, HIV (Viruses), Medicine--Research, Genetic engineering, Dougherty, Joseph P., 1952-
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2 items
Oral history interview with Peter R. Arvan
- 1993-Jun-29
- 1993-Jul-02
- 1993-Jul-05 – 1993-Jul-06
Peter R. Arvan begins the interview discussing his childhood in Queens, New York. Arvan’s family background played an important role in his development, including his mother’s escape from Nazi Germany as a teenager.…
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Oral history interview with Charles N. Serhan
- 1993-Jul-06
- 1993-Jul-08
- 1993-Jul-09
- 1993-Jul-12
- 1994-Jun-27
- 1994-Jul-05
Charles N. Serhan grew up in Brooklyn, New York, the older of two children. His father, who retired early from shipping work, is of Lebanese descent, his mother Italian. When he was in junior high school, Serhan learned…
- Interviewee Serhan, Charles N.
- Interviewer Hathaway, Neil D.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Serhan, Charles N., Molecular biology, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Cytology--Research, Inflammation, Lipids--Research, Leukotrienes
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8 items
Oral history interview with Chalmer G. Kirkbride
- 1993-Jul-15
Chalmer Kirkbride begins the interview by describing his family background and childhood in Oklahoma and Kansas. During high school, Kirkbride's interests were influenced by his brother-in-law, a chemist for…
- Interviewee Kirkbride, Chalmer G., (Chalmer Gatlin), 1906-1998
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject Standard Oil Company (Indiana), Pan American Petroleum Corporation, Magnolia Petroleum Company, Sun Oil Company, Houdry Process Corporation, Kirkbride, Chalmer G., (Chalmer Gatlin), 1906-1998, Texas A & M University, Catalytic Construction Company, Chemical engineers