This digital collection features selected medications and documents, manuals, and photographs relating to biochemical research and technology, with a focus on 20th-century instrumentation in medical laboratories. Various models of glucose, enzyme, and amino acid analyzers are a few of the instruments documented in these materials.
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Butter-Soft Scrub Dress
- 2019 – 2021
A navy blue, size medium scrub dress with short sleeves. There are two pockets in the front and button adjustments on the sides. On one of the pockets is a small white emblem that appears to depict a cloud.
The scrubs…
- Creator Of Work Zier, Inc.
- Subject COVID-19 (Disease), COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-), Pandemics, Nurses, Medical personnel--Clothing, Medicine
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Research interview with Pouné Saberi
- 2017-Jul-14
Pouné Saberi was born in Tehran, Iran, and experienced the 1979 Iranian Revolution as a child. Her family left Iran in the mid-1980s during its war with Iraq and settled briefly in Boston. Pouné’s parents and younger…
- Interviewee Saberi, Pouné
- Interviewer Eardley-Pryor, Roger
- Sponsor Climate & Urban Systems Partnership
- Subject Saberi, Pouné, Women in science, Women in medicine, Physicians, Women physicians, Revolution (Iran : 1979), Public health, Physicians for Social Responsibility (U.S.), Toxins--Environmental aspects, Emigration and immigration
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Oral history interview with Martin Karplus
- 2015-Dec-09
- 2016-Mar-04
- 2016-May-25
Martin Karplus was born in Vienna, Austria, one of two sons. Karplus’ father was in banking; his mother was a dietician at the family’s Fango-Heilanstalt Clinic. During the Nazi occupation of Austria, the family moved…
- Interviewee Karplus, Martin, 1930-
- Interviewer Caruso, David J. (David Joseph), 1978-, Eardley-Pryor, Roger
- Subject Karplus, Martin, 1930-, Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Watson Scientific Computing Laboratory, Quadrupole moments, Harvard University, Biology, Nobel Prize winners, Bird watching, Molecular dynamics, Photography
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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 Emma R. Parmee
- 2012-Jan-30 – 2012-Jan-31
Emma Parmee grew up in Keynsham, England, the youngest of four children. Her father was a banker, her mother a housewife. She had always liked math and science, but she also liked languages. She attended all-girls…
- Interviewee Parmee, Emma R., (Rachel), 1965-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary
- Subject Parmee, Emma R., 1965-, Women in science, Medical scientists, Pharmaceutical chemistry, Drugs, Diabetes--Treatment
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Bottle for Combivir Antiviral Medication
- 1997 – 2011
Small cylindrical plastic white bottle with safety cap used for holding pills. Medicine bottle is empty.
- Manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline
- Subject HIV (Viruses)--Treatment, HIV infections--Treatment, Antiviral agents, AZT (Drug), Drugs, Medicine bottles, GlaxoSmithKline
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UniCel DxC 800 Synchron Clinical System
- Decade starting 2000
The UniCel DxC 600 and DxC 800 Chemistry Analyzers were introduced in 2005.
This system runs a variety of metabolic panels on blood samples, including BUN (blood urea nitrogen), sodium, potassium, chloride, carbon…
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UniCel DxC 600 Synchron Clinical System
- Decade starting 2000
The UniCel DxC 600 and DxC 800 Chemistry Analyzers were introduced in 2005.
This system runs a variety of metabolic panels on blood samples, including BUN (blood urea nitrogen), sodium, potassium, chloride, carbon…
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Bottle for Norvir Antiviral Medication
- 1996 – 2009
Square plastic pill bottle with safety cap. Medicine bottle is empty.
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Plastic Bayer Aspirin Bottle, 50 Tablet Size
- 1910 – 2007
- 2008
Plastic Bayer aspirin bottle, 50 tablet size, contains tablets.
- Contributor Bayer Company, Inc.
- Manufacturer Bayer HealthCare LLC
- Subject Bayer HealthCare LLC, Drugs, Medicine bottles, Aspirin, Bayer AG
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Oral history interview with Dorit Hanein
- 2008-Dec-03
Dorit Hanein was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, but grew up in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, where her family was engaged in an Israeli-Dutch program to foster soybean cultivation. She and her sister attended all-girl, Roman…
- Interviewee Hanein, Dorit, 1961-
- Interviewer Nelson, Nicole C.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Hanein, Dorit, 1961-, Chemistry, Israel--Tel Aviv, Soldiers, Biomineralization, Biochemistry, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, Women in chemistry, Working mothers
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Oral history interview with K. Christopher Garcia
- 2008-Dec-01
K. Christopher Garcia grew up in Falls Church, Virginia, the youngest of three children. His Spanish father was an anesthesiologist and his American mother an artist and housewife. Garcia always liked science,…
- Interviewee Garcia, K. Christopher, 1962-
- Interviewer Caruso, David J. (David Joseph), 1978-
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Garcia, K. Christopher, 1962-, Pharmacology, T cells, Biochemistry, Recombinant proteins, T cells--Receptors, Protein engineering, Stanford University, Cytokines, Medical scientists, Molecular biologists
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Oral history interview with Karin M. Reinisch
- 2008-Nov-10 – 2008-Nov-11
Karin M. Reinisch grew up in Massachusetts, one of two daughters. Her father was a physicist, a professor at University of Massachusetts; her mother was a housewife. Her parents were immigrants from Germany, and…
- Interviewee Reinisch, Karin M., 1966-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Reinisch, Karin M., 1966-, Women in science, Women in medicine, Molecular biology, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Cytology, Reoviruses
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Oral history interview with Sylvie Doublié
- 2008-Nov-05 – 2008-Nov-06
At the request of the interviewee, the abstract of the interview and interviewee’s biographical data have not been included. For more information, please contact the Center for Oral History.
- Interviewee Doublié, Sylvie, 1965-
- Interviewer Caruso, David J. (David Joseph), 1978-
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Doublié, Sylvie, 1965-, Biology, Women in science, Crystallography, Transfer RNA, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, DNA polymerases, RNA--Data processing
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Oral history interview with Zhaohui Xu
- 2008-Oct-20 – 2008-Oct-21
Zhaohui Xu was born in Suzhou, China, during the Cultural Revolution. His father was a supervisor of quality engineering in a textile factory, his mother a teacher of deaf children. Because the Revolution dictated a…
- Interviewee Xu, Zhaohui, 1967-
- Interviewer Caruso, David J. (David Joseph), 1978-
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject X-ray crystallography, Biochemistry, Biochemists, Molecular biology--Research, Molecular biologists, Proteins--Analysis, Crystallography, Xu, Zhaohui, 1967-, Cultural Revolution (China : 1966-1976)
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Oral history interview with Bruce L. Goode
- 2008-Sep-25 – 2008-Sep-26
At the request of the interviewee, the abstract of the interview and interviewee’s biographical data have not been included. For more information, please contact the Center for Oral History.
- 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 Farrar
- 2008-Aug-13 – 2008-Aug-14
Michael A. Farrar was born in Washington, DC, where his father was a chemist for the Bureau of Standards. Farrar's mother, a housewife, was German, and Farrar and his younger brother and sister grew up bilingual. As his…
- 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 Jeffery S. Cox
- 2008-Aug-04 – 2008-Aug-05
At the request of the interviewee, the abstract of the interview and interviewee’s biographical data have not been included. For more information, please contact the Center for Oral History.
- Interviewee Cox, Jeffery S., 1967-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Cox, Jeffery S., 1967-, Biochemistry, Yeast, Communicable diseases, Tuberculosis, Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Laboratories, Molecular genetics, Microbiology
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Oral history interview with Yolanda Sanchez
- 2008-Jul-29
- 2008-Jul-31
Yolanda Sanchez was born in El Paso, Texas, but grew up in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. She was one of five children whose father was an architect, now a teacher, and a housewife. Sanchez spent a year in New Zealand,…
- Interviewee Sanchez, Yolanda, 1962-
- Interviewer Caruso, David J. (David Joseph), 1978-
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Sanchez, Yolanda, 1962-, Women in science, Women in medicine, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Molecular biology, Antioncogenes, DNA repair, Science and state, DNA--Research, Minorities in science
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Oral history interview with Caroline Kisker
- 2008-Jun-18 – 2008-Jun-19
Caroline F. Kisker grew up in West Berlin, West Germany, where she attended the John F. Kennedy German-American grammar school. After completing her Abitur, Kisker planned to study medicine, but due to the complicated…
- 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 Chavela M. Carr
- 2008-Jun-16 – 2008-Jun-17
Chavela M. Carr grew up near Indianapolis, Indiana in a large family. From early childhood she was interested in school, finding the math-based sciences interesting. Due to a high school human genetics course, Carr…
- Interviewee Carr, Chavela M., 1965-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary, Caruso, David J. (David Joseph), 1978-
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Carr, Chavela M., 1965-, Drosophila, Genetics, Biology, Protein-protein interactions, Yeast, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Women in science, Influenza viruses
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Oral history interview with Nina R. Salama
- 2008-Mar-27 – 2008-Mar-28
At the request of the interviewee, the abstract of the interview and interviewee’s biographical data have not been included. For more information, please contact the Center for Oral History.
- Interviewee Salama, Nina R.
- Interviewer Nelson, Nicole C.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Salama, Nina R., Medical scientists, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Women in science, Women in medicine, Bacteria--Research, Helicobacter pylori, Bacterial diseases
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Oral history interview with Hao Wu
- 2008-Jan-30 – 2008-Jan-31
Hao Wu's oral history begins with a discussion of her childhood in China, during which her family was separated and forced to relocate to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution. Despite the difficulties…
- Interviewee Wu, Hao, 1964-
- Interviewer Frenkel, Karen A.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Wu, Hao, 1964-, Women in science, Women in medicine, Medical scientists, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, CD4 antigen, Glycoproteins, Crystallography, Emigration and immigration
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Plastic Bayer Aspirin Bottle, 100 Tablet Size
- 1910 – 2007
- 1985
Plastic Bayer aspirin bottle, 100 tablet size, reads "Genuine Bayer Aspirin, Micro-Thin Coating".
- Contributor Sterling Drug
- Manufacturer Bayer Company, Inc.
- Subject Sterling Drug, Drugs, Medicine bottles, Bayer Company, Inc., Aspirin
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Glass Bayer Aspirin Bottle, 300 Tablet Size
- 1910 – 2007
Glass Bayer aspirin bottle, 300 tablet size, contains white tablets.
- Contributor Sterling Drug
- Manufacturer Bayer Company, Inc.
- Subject Sterling Drug, Drugs, Medicine bottles, Bayer Company, Inc., Aspirin
