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Oral history interview with Robert P. Goldstein
- 2008-Apr-24 – 2008-Apr-25
… a biomedical scientist. And what I’m not really sure of is what biomedicine actually is. Do you have anything that you could say…are there …parameters that you have in your own mind that says, “Well, this is biomedicine, this is not”? GOLDSTEIN: My graduate advisor, Gary Freeman …United States with funding in England. He gives his definition of biomedicine, his opinion about the role of politics in science, and his praise…
- Interviewee Goldstein, Robert P., 1967-
- Interviewer Caruso, David J. (David Joseph), 1978-
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Goldstein, Robert P., 1967-, Embryology, Caenorhabditis elegans, White, John G., 1943-, Evolutionary developmental biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Sea squirts, Friday Harbor Laboratories (Wash.), Embryologists
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Oral history interview with Esther S. Takeuchi
- 2012-Apr-27
- 2012-Sep-14
Esther Takeuchi grew up in Akron, Ohio, the youngest of three children. After escaping Soviet Latvia, her father became an electrical engineer for Goodyear Aerospace and her mother a home health worker who also had an…
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Oral history interview with Thomas E. Wilson
- 2008-Feb-12 – 2008-Feb-13
…always puzzles me when doing these interviews is the definition of biomedicine, right? I’ve interviewed people who study Kaposi’s sarcoma herpes … people who are all about basic science. What is it that…what is biomedicine? I mean, how is it really different from, you know, what biologists …molecular biology, 27, 28, 29, 32, 34, 42, 43, 44, 53, 55, 61, 63 Biomedicine, 101, 102 Boston, Massachusetts, 37 C Cancer, 26, 27, 79, 80,…
- Interviewee Wilson, Thomas E., 1965-
- Interviewer Caruso, David J. (David Joseph), 1978-
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Wilson, Thomas E., 1965-, DNA--Research, Geneticists, Genetics--Research, Molecular biology--Research, Microbiologists, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research
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Oral history interview with Patricia F. Ducy
- 2008-Jul-16 – 2008-Jul-17
…gone around to interview Pew Scholars, I’ve tried to ask them what biomedicine actually is, because seeing all of you with the different things …as an outsider to the scientific community what makes all of that biomedicine. And here you come along and, sort of, say, “well, some people say biology and biomedicine are very much linked. It’s, kind of, hard to separate the two.”…
- Interviewee Ducy, Patricia F., 1964-
- Interviewer Caruso, David J. (David Joseph), 1978-
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Ducy, Patricia F., 1964-, Genetics, Pharmacy, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Transcription factors, Baylor College of Medicine, Osteoblasts, Columbia University, Women in science
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Oral history interview with Mark B. Van Doren
- 2007-Nov-26 – 2007-Nov-27
…quick questions. I think they’ll be quick. How would you define biomedicine? How is it different from biology? If we’re talking about basic … body, or clear significance to medical applications, then how is biomedicine different from just biology or molecular biology, developmental … in one minute or less. Is there—personally—is there any area of biomedicine that should not be pursued in the next five to ten years? Do you…
- 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 Jay D. Horton
- 2007-Dec-19 – 2007-Dec-20
…these oral histories are meant, in a way, to preserve the history of biomedicine, the people involved with it, the directions that it’s going. But one thing I’m not exactly clear on is what biomedicine is. I mean, we can look up definitions and a lot of the definitions …in some sense you could say that this is just biology. Why call it biomedicine? In some ways it seems like a distinction is needed, otherwise […
- 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 Hans C. Oettgen
- 2004-Jan-21 – 2004-Jan-22
…that’s true? OETTGEN: Oh, I think there’s a real revolution in biomedicine, partly driven by the technological advances that we’ve alluded … public policy question, about privatization of basic research in biomedicine. I think recent estimates, according to scientists, is that more …seems to be many— sometimes a majority of—women graduate students in biomedicine, once you reach that point of being a PI, establishing your own …
- Interviewee Oettgen, Hans C., 1958-
- Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Oettgen, Hans C., 1958-, Medical scientists, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Proteins--Research, T cells, Immunoglobulins, Immunology
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Oral history interview with David J. Sullivan, Jr.
- 2007-Nov-28 – 2007-Nov-29
…asking a lot of the scholars is what exactly…or how would you define biomedicine? When interviewing people they always tell me, “I’m a developmental …that do you think unites these fields into something that is called biomedicine? What makes everyone in your class a biomedical scholar instead …meetings that the physicians go to…so, that’s my meager definition of biomedicine. CARUSO: Do you think there are any areas of biomedicine…
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Oral history interview with Torsten N. Wiesel
- 2007-May-04
- 2007-Oct-10
…so would just complicate things. I am competent in my own area of biomedicine, and I have some knowledge of others, but I can’t necessarily say …doubled. Have questions been raised concerning the investment in biomedicine, which is tiny compared to the overall NIH budget. WIESEL: … hesitation in saying that the possibility to support the best in biomedicine is something that should be treasured. From talking to the various…
- 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 Carlos T. Moraes
- 2001-Mar-13 – 2001-Mar-15
…life sciences. So I did the examination, and I chose a course called biomedicine, and that is a very small course in a federal school [Escola Paulista … meaningless for us. COHEN: Okay, so when you decided to do this biomedicine or to take the exam for that, at that point, what did you think ……
- Interviewee Moraes, Carlos Torres. 1962-
- Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Moraes, Carlos Torres, 1962-, Biochemistry, Genetics, Religion and science, Minorities in science, Molecular genetics, Mitochondrial DNA--Abnormalities, Bilingualism, Research grants, Emigration and immigration
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Oral history interview with David Ron
- 1998-Dec-07 – 1998-Dec-09
… if you're asking if there's going to be more money injected into biomedicine from the public sector, where should it go--? In other words, are …system trains more independent people, which basically means that biomedicine is able to compete with other careers for the best and the brightest--unless you're able to shift the equilibrium between biomedicine and other career options, putting more money at the level of where…
- Interviewee Ron, David, 1955-
- Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Ron, David, 1955-, Molecular biology, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Endocrinology, Genetic regulation, Endoplasmic reticulum
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Oral history interview with Ann B. Hill
- 2002-Aug-05 – 2002-Aug-07
… VAN BENSCHOTEN: The next sort of group of questions are about biomedicine in general, ethical questions, technology, and public policy. Do …revolution? HILL: No. I mean, I don’t. I actually don’t deal with biomedicine, really. I’ve stopped doing medicine and I’m just still trying to …know, with a kind of— In part, where society invests its stake in biomedicine, and if they’ve come to ask us questions, we should do it. Unfortunately…
- Interviewee Hill, Ann Bernice, 1954-
- Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Hill, Ann Bernice, 1954-, Clinical immunology, HIV-positive persons, T cells, Flaviviruses, Women in medicine, Medicine--Research, Oregon Health & Science University, Women in science, Immunologists, Medical scientists, Women medical scientists
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Oral history interview with Frank H. Field
- 2009-Dec-09 (First session)
- 2009-Dec-10 (Second session)
…later, the NIH came along with a program to provide instruments for biomedicine and I got a VG. What was the number on it? Anyway, it was a Vacuum …spectrometry made very meaningful contributions into biochemical, biomedicine in that then you could look at polymers. Now, of course, one used … corner of 68th Street and York Avenue is pretty much a hotbed of biomedicine. There’s Rockefeller on one corner, New York Hospital at Cornell…
- Interviewee Field, F. H. (Frank Henry), 1922-
- Interviewer Grayson, Michael A.
- Subject Field, F. H. (Frank Henry), 1922-, Ionization, Rockefeller University, Chromatographic analysis, Chemists, Mass spectrometry, Chemists--Biography, Consolidated Engineering Corporation, Esso Research and Engineering Company, Humble Oil and Refining Company (Incorporated in Tex.), Franklin, J. L. (Joseph Louis), 1906-, Chemical apparatus
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Oral history interview with Phillip A. Sharp
- 2003-Jan-28
- 2003-May-29
- 2003-Nov-20
…endeavors in chemistry and agriculture. The initial investments were in biomedicine because it was obvious that the technology was headed there. There …molecular biology, 14, 21, 25-26, 29-30, 32, 47, 50, 71, 73, 75, 99 Biomedicine, 65 research, 65 Biotechnology, 42-43, 50-52, 54, 56, 60, 65,…
- Interviewee Sharp, Phillip A.
- Interviewer Ashiya, Mona, Brock, David C., Thackray, Arnold, 1939-
- Subject Sharp, Phillip A., Medical scientists, Cancer--Research, RNA splicing, Nobel Prize winners, Neurosciences, DNA--Research, RNA--Research
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Oral history interview with Andrew Koff
- 2002-Aug-13 – 2002-Aug-15
…bit more time on this tape, so I’ll sneak this in—have to do with biomedicine, ethics, technology. Sort of public policy questions. And the first … where you stand, is that true? KOFF: Yeah, yeah. I think in biomedicine today, right, or in biology generically, our ability to manipulate…
- 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 Dean H. Kedes
- 2007-Oct-25 – 2007-Oct-26
…discussing the Pew scholars more generally, [is] how would you define biomedicine? KEDES: I know it’s an overused contraction, really. The …theoretical biology, 11 Biomedical Science, 3, 12, 24, 68, 72, 80 Biomedicine, 1, 2, 3, 12, 14, 24, 63, 68, 71, 72, 74, 80, 83, 89, 91 Biotechnology…
- 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 Monica L. Vetter
- 2004-Nov-05
- 2004-Nov-08
…gender. The ratio of men to women, let’s say, as graduate students in biomedicine—it changes, obviously, depending on field, specialty—tends to be …more members of these underrepresented groups might be brought into biomedicine? VETTER: That is just an economic reality. Many of these people…
- Interviewee Vetter, Monica L., 1963-
- Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Vetter, Monica L., 1963-, Women in medicine, Women in science, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Molecular biology, Neurobiology, Molecular genetics, Women medical scientists
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Oral history interview with Douglas J. Epstein
- 2008-May-01 – 2008-May-02
…It’s the Pew Biomedical Scholars Award, but I’m wondering what is biomedicine that you can, sort of, just lump this entire group of people in …have the occasional M.D., and yet, in many ways we’re talking about biomedicine, which I would interpret as a science devoted to bettering the human…
- Interviewee Epstein, Douglas J., 1964-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary, Caruso, David J. (David Joseph), 1978-, Webb-Halpern, Leah
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Epstein, Douglas J., 1964-, Genetics, Neural tube--Abnormalities, Harvard University, New York University. School of Medicine, Gene expression, Developmental neurobiology, Molecular biologists
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Oral history interview with Kenneth A. Dill
- 1989-Dec-12
- 2009-Feb-09 – 2009-Feb-10
…NIH, it covers a [. . .] broader spectrum of science. NIH is just biomedicine. NSF is basically everything else. [. . .] That’s true because the …www.msri.org/ext/larryg/pages/20.htm). 21 K.A. Dill. “Strengthening Biomedicine’s roots.” Nature 400 (1999):309-310. 22 “Is America flunking science…
- Interviewee Dill, Kenneth A., 1947-
- Interviewer Kohler, Robert, Morrissette, Naomi, Domush, Hilary
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject National Institutes of Health (U.S.), National Science Foundation (U.S.), Chemists, Chemistry, Life--Origin--Research, Micelles, Protein folding, Science and state, Dill, Kenneth A., 1947-
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Oral history interview with Bruce L. Goode
- 2008-Sep-25 – 2008-Sep-26
…of their involvement in so many different things and . . . nor in biomedicine. I had no idea. But you learn quickly about these things once you…
- Interviewee Goode, Bruce L., 1965-
- Interviewer Caruso, David J. (David Joseph), 1978-
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Goode, Bruce L., 1965-, DNA, Biochemistry, Alzheimer's disease, University of California, Berkeley, Genetics, Microfilament proteins, Microtubules, Yeast, Discoveries in science, Protein kinases--Regulation
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Oral history interview with Michael B. Eisen
- 2009-Feb-06
…community, science is very conservative, and biology in particular. Biomedicine is an extremely conservative field where people are just not willing…
- Interviewee Eisen, Michael B., 1967-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Eisen, Michael B., 1967-, Biophysics, DNA microarrays, Crystallography, Gene expression, Genomics, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Human Genome Project, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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Oral history interview with Caroline Kisker
- 2008-Jun-18 – 2008-Jun-19
…Ph.D. students. We have an interesting major here which is called biomedicine. Würzburg is the only city which offers that major in Germany. …
- Interviewee Kisker, Caroline F., 1964-
- Interviewer Nelson, Nicole C.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Kisker, Caroline F., 1964-, Biochemistry, Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989, Tetracyclines, California Institute of Technology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Drugs--Design, DNA repair, Women in science
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Oral history interview with Michael Farrar
- 2008-Aug-13 – 2008-Aug-14
…yours? And since…I know people are coming from different areas of biomedicine…did you have the opportunity to or did you see any way to develop…
- Interviewee Farrar, Michael A., 1964-
- Interviewer Caruso, David J. (David Joseph), 1978-
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Farrar, Michael A., 1964-, Biology, Astrophysics, Addison's disease, Immunology, B cells, University of Minnesota, Leukemia, Hobbies, Work-life balance
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Oral history interview with Jason G. Cyster
- 2002-Sep-24 – 2002-Sep-26
…decision to fund a large biomedical journal in my area, I mean for biomedicine. And as in “fund,” meaning employ a staff, and there would be specialists…
- Interviewee Cyster, Jason G., 1967-
- Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Cyster, Jason G., 1967-, Biology, Immunology, T cells, Antigens, Stanford University, University of California, San Francisco, Employment in foreign countries
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Oral history interview with William A. Muller
- 1993-May-06
- 1993-May-14
- 1993-May-24
- 1993-May-28
… maybe but that’s when they realized what research in biology and biomedicine was like. All of a sudden they were as an undergrad like washing…
- 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