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Oral history interview with Yuri A. Lazebnik
- 2001-Apr-18 – 2001-Apr-20
Yuri A. Lazebnik was born in Severomorsk, Russia. After his parents' divorce, his mother moved with him to Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), but after she became ill, he was raised, for a few years, in Shakti by his…
- Interviewee Lazebnik, Yuri A., 1958-
- Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Lazebnik, Yuri A., 1958-, Cell cycle, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Apoptosis, Johns Hopkins University, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Soviet Union, France. Commissariat à l'énergie atomique
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Oral history interview with Lester F. Lau
- 1992-Nov-06 – 1992-Nov-08
Lester F. Lau, the youngest of three children, lived in Hong Kong until he was fourteen. Lau's parents were strict, Lau was—he says—introverted, and Chinese schools stressed conformity over creativity, so when the…
- Interviewee Lau, Lester F., 1955-
- Interviewer Hathaway, Neil D.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Lau, Lester F., 1955-, Molecular biology, Genetic engineering, Yeast--Genetics, SV40 (Virus), Cell cycle--Regulation, Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Medical School, College of Medicine at Chicago, Nucleotide sequence
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Oral history interview with Martin Latterich
- 2004-Jan-12 – 2004-Jan-13
- 2004-Jan-15
Martin Latterich was born in Hamburg, Germany, though lived in Mönchengladbach, Germany until he left for college. His mother, a trained chemist who worked in quality control at a company that manufactured perfume, had…
- Interviewee Latterich, Martin, 1966-
- Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Latterich, Martin, 1966-, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Imperial Cancer Research Fund (Great Britain), Cytology, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, McGill University, Cell interaction, Molecular genetics, Mammals--Genetics
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Oral history interview with Jay T. Last
- 2004-Jun-21
Jay T. Last begins the interview with a description of his family background and youth during the Great Depression and World War II. He reviews his undergraduate education at the University of Rochester and his graduate…
- Interviewee Last, Jay T.
- Interviewer Brock, David C.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Last, Jay T., Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory, Fairchild (Firm), Transistors, Integrated circuits, Teledyne, Inc., Intel Corporation, Art--Private collections
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Oral history interview with Frank A. Laski
- 1994-May-13
- 1994-May-19
- 1994-May-26
Frank A. Laski was born in Detroit, Michigan; he grew up in Oak Park, a suburb of Detroit until about high-school age, when his family moved to Southfield, another suburb. His father's parents and sisters perished in a…
- 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 Samuel M. Kunes
- 1999-Nov-15 – 1999-Nov-17
Samuel M. Kunes was born in Trenton, New Jersey, in 1957, the second of four siblings. His father was a public accountant for the state of New Jersey; his mother was a school teacher who later became a social worker.…
- Interviewee Kunes, Samuel Martin, 1957-
- Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Kunes, Samuel Martin, 1957-, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Genetics, Central nervous system, Drosophila, Harvard University, Molecular biology, Molecular biologists, Medical scientists
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Oral history interview with Athan Kuliopulos
- 2002-Dec-02 – 2002-Dec-04
Athan Kuliopulos was raised in North Reading, a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts, the middle child of three siblings in a close-knit Greek family. His mother worked as a secretary prior to having children, and then began…
- Interviewee Kuliopulos, Athan, 1961-
- Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Kuliopulos, Athan, 1961-, Biochemistry, Enzyme kinetics, Vitamin K, New England Medical Center Hospital, Tufts University, G proteins, G proteins--Receptors, Blood--Coagulation, Cell interaction, Medical scientists, Geneticists
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Oral history interview with Adrian R. Krainer
- 1997-Apr-09 – 1997-Apr-11
Adrian R. Krainer was born and raised in Montevideo, Uruguay in a Jewish family of eastern European descent (Hungary and Romania), the younger of two brothers. (Krainer's father was forced to work in a Romanian labor…
- Interviewee Krainer, Adrian
- Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Krainer, Adrian, Antisemitism, Education, Bilingual, Biochemistry, Genetics, Molecular cloning, Messenger RNA, Discoveries in science, Genetic disorders, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Minorities in science, Geneticists, Medical scientists
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Oral history interview with Andrew Koff
- 2002-Aug-13 – 2002-Aug-15
Andrew Koff was born and raised in New York the elder child of four siblings, with three younger sisters. He attended Long Beach High School in New York, influenced by Jeffrey Elias, his high school biology teacher.…
- Interviewee Koff, Andrew, 1962-
- Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Koff, Andrew, 1962-, Laboratory technicians, Herpes simplex virus, Molecular genetics, Genetic regulation, Cell cycle, Medical scientists
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Oral history interview with Jane E. Koehler
- 2001-Mar-02 – 2001-Mar-04
Jane E. Koehler was born in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1953, the third of four sisters. Her father was the son of German-American farmers from Missouri; he was a World War II veteran who was the first in his family to attend…
- Interviewee Koehler, Jane E., 1953-
- Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Koehler, Jane E., 1953-, Autoimmune thyroiditis, Microbiology, Women in science, Communicable diseases, Angiomatosis, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, Bartonella, Women in medicine, Clinical medicine--Research, Molecular biologists, Women molecular biologists
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Oral history interview with Donald L. Klein
- 2006-Mar-02
- 2006-Mar-09
Donald L. Klein is the son of a Hungarian father and a Hungarian-American mother, who grew up in Brooklyn, New York. With his childhood friend, Neil Wotherspoon, Klein developed an early passion for chemistry,…
- Interviewee Klein, Donald L., 1930-
- Interviewer Brock, David C.
- Sponsor Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Subject Klein, Donald L., 1930-, Semiconductor industry, Chemistry, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Semiconductors--Etching, Polycrystalline semiconductors, Integrated circuits, Patents, International Business Machines Corporation, Photoresists, Chemists
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Oral history interview with Reatha Clark King
- 2005-May-01
Reatha Clark King was born in Pavo, Georgia, the second of three daughters. Her father was a sharecropper who never learned to read or write, and her mother, who went to school only through third grade, worked as a…
- Interviewee King, Reatha Clark, 1938-
- Interviewer Brown, Jeannette E.
- Subject King, Reatha Clark, 1938-, Chemistry, Women in chemistry, United States. National Bureau of Standards, United States. Advanced Research Projects Agency, City University of New York, Metropolitan State University, Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, General Mills Foundation, African American women, African American women chemists, Scientists, Black
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Oral history interview with Seung K. Kim
- 2006-Mar-09
- 2006-Mar-16 – 2006-Mar-17
Seung K. Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea, the oldest of three boys. His father had escaped North Korea at the beginning of the Korean Conflict, and he eventually became a doctor. His mother was from a large family in…
- Interviewee Kim, Seung K., 1963-
- Interviewer Mejia, Robin
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Kim, Seung K., 1963-, Korean War (1950-1953), Vietnam War (1961-1975), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Biochemistry, Cell interaction, Oncology, Pancreas, Developmental biology, Minorities in science, Work-life balance, Biochemists, Medical scientists
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Oral history interview with Daniel S. Kessler
- 2003-Jun-13
- 2003-Jun-16 – 2003-Jun-17
Daniel S. Kessler was raised in Binghamton, New York, the youngest of three siblings. His mother was a public school teacher; his father taught at Binghamton University and was a published poet. Much of Kessler's life…
- Interviewee Kessler, Daniel Solomon, 1964-
- Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Kessler, Daniel Solomon, 1964-, Molecular biology, Bacterial genetics, Developmental biology, Mesoderm, Germ cells, Pennsylvania State University. College of Medicine, Embryology, Medical scientists
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Oral history interview with Michael A. Kelly
- 2002-Mar-19
Michael A. Kelly begins the interview with a discussion of his childhood and education. Growing up in Roswell, New Mexico, Kelly became interested in radio and television electronics at a young age. After high school,…
- Interviewee Kelly, Michael A., 1936-
- Interviewer Daemmrich, Arthur, Brock, David C.
- Subject Kelly, Michael A., 1936-, United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps, Engineering, Nuclear physics, Hewlett-Packard Company, Electron spectroscopy, Kevex Corporation, Stanford University, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Scientific apparatus and instruments--Design and construction, Electrical engineers
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Oral history interview with Douglas R. Kellogg
- 2005-Jan-13
- 2005-Jan-17
Douglas R. Kellogg grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota, the second oldest of four children. He had an early interest in reading, and took classes with several influential teachers. Kellogg first chose the University of…
- Interviewee Kellogg, Douglas R., 1960-
- Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Kellogg, Douglas R., 1960-, Drosophila, Biochemistry, Cytoskeleton--Formation, Cell cycle, Growth factors, Molecular genetics, Cytology, Cell interaction, Molecular biologists, Medical scientists
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Oral history interview with Dean H. Kedes
- 2007-Oct-25 – 2007-Oct-26
Dean H. Kedes' oral history begins with a discussion of his childhood and family life. Heavily influenced by his father, also a biomedical scientist, Kedes developed an interest in science early in life. He would visit…
- Interviewee Kedes, Dean H., 1960-
- Interviewer Caruso, David J. (David Joseph), 1978-
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Kedes, Dean H., 1960-, Molecular biology, Genetic engineering, Messenger RNA, Steitz, Joan A., Clinical medicine, Communicable diseases, University of Virginia, Work-life balance, Medical sciences, Molecular biologists
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Oral history interview with Gary Karpen
- 2000-Aug-15 – 2000-Aug-17
Gary Karpen was born in New York City but grew up in Norwood, New Jersey. His older sister became an astrophysicist and his younger brother an MD/PhD who does both research and clinical work. His father joined the army…
- Interviewee Karpen, Gary, 1956-
- Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Karpen, Frederick J., 1956-, Conservative Judaism, Biology, Centromere, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Heterochromatin, Ribosomes, Gene expression, Spradling, Allan C., Genetics, Geneticists, Medical scientists
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Oral history interview with Paul B. Rothman
- 1997-Apr-14 – 1997-Apr-16
Paul B. Rothman grew up in Queens, New York, one of two children in a Russian-Polish Jewish family. His father was a lawyer, his mother a professor of criminology interested in juvenile justice. He attended public…
- Interviewee Rothman, Paul B., 1958-
- Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Molecular biology, Molecular immunology, Rothman, Paul B., 1958-, Cytology, Lymphocytes, Lungs--Cancer
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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 Hannele Ruohola-Baker
- 2002-May-20 – 2002-May-21
- 2002-May-27
Hannele Ruohola-Baker was born in Kullaa, Finland—a small farming village—the younger of two siblings. Her mother was a banker who always had an interest in learning, though did not have many opportunities for education…
- Interviewee Ruohola-Baker, Hannele, 1959-
- Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Ruohola-Baker, Hannele, 1959-, Women in science, Women in medicine, Molecular biology, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Proteins--Research, Drosophila, Oogenesis
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Oral history interview with Audrey C. Rust
- 2007-Jul-05
Audrey Rust begins her oral history with a discussion of her love of Nature and how she came to work for the Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST). The vast majority of her interview is focused on her work with POST, even…
- Interviewee Rust, Audrey C.
- Interviewer Brock, David C.
- Sponsor Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Subject Rust, Audrey C., Peninsula Open Space Trust, Women in science, Conservation of natural resources
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Oral history interview with Roger E. Karess
- 1996-Apr-23 – 1996-Apr-26
Roger E. Karess and his two older sisters grew up in Great Neck, New York. Their grandparents were Jews from Eastern Europe, and their neighborhood consisted of other family members and people with similar backgrounds.…
- Interviewee Karess, Roger E., 1955-
- Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Karess, Roger E., 1955-, Reform Judaism, Oncogenic viruses, Reverse transcriptase, Retroviruses, RNA, Protein kinases, Oncogenes, Centre de Génétique Moléculaire, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France), Genetics, Drosophila, Discoveries in science, Biochemists, Medical scientists
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Oral history interview with Whitson Sadler
- 2007-Jun-19
Whitson Sadler begins his interview with a description of his family history, which he traces back to an English missionary in the 1600s. Born in Bristol, Tennessee, Sadler was the middle son of two formally trained…
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Oral history interview with Stephen R.J. Salton
- 1996-Nov-04 – 1996-Nov-06
Stephen R. J. Salton was born in Cambridge, England, and moved to Australia when he was about seven. When he was about ten, his family moved to Cranford, New Jersey, where his father became chairman of the microbiology…
- Interviewee Salton, Stephen R.J., 1955-
- Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Salton, Stephen R.J., 1955-, Molecular biology, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Growth factors, DNA--Analysis, Pharmacology