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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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  • Oral histories

    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
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Richard Cerione

    • 1990-Mar-07

    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 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
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Nancy Carrasco

    • 1990-Mar-07

    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 Carrasco, Nancy, 1957-
    • Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Sawyer, Richard
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Carrasco, Nancy, 1957-, Women in chemistry, Biochemistry, Women biochemists, Molecular cloning, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Eukaryotic cells, Thyroid gland, Iodides, Sodium ions
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Michael Bevilacqua

    • 1990-Mar-07

    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 Bevilacqua, Michael P., 1955-
    • Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Sawyer, Richard
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Bevilacqua, Michael P., 1955-, Catholic Church, Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Leucocytes, Vascular endothelium, Molecular biology, Work-life balance
  • Oral histories

    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
  • Oral histories

    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
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Susan K. McConnell

    • 1990-Mar-07

    Susan McConnell grew up in Crown Point, Indiana, the oldest of four children. Her father was a metallurgical engineer and her mother a nurse. Both were college graduates, as are McConnell’s three siblings. McConnell has…

    • Interviewee McConnell, Susan K., 1958-
    • Interviewer Sawyer, Richard, Thackray, Arnold, 1939-
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject McConnell, Susan K., 1958-, Women in science, Women in medicine, Medicine--Research, Molecular biology, Medical scientists, Cytology, Neurology, Women medical scientists
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Marilyn C. Pike

    • 1991-Jun-06

    Marilyn Pike grew up in Westchester, New York. Her father was a chemical engineer who was interested in desalination, even patenting a freeze-drying process for Maxwell House Coffee. Her mother was a housewife. Pike…

    • Interviewee Pike, Marilyn C., 1951-
    • Interviewer Kohler, Robert, Kohler, Frances
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Pike, Marilyn C., 1951-, Molecular biology, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Phospholipids, Chemokines, Women in science, Women in medicine, Women medical scientists
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Franklin D. Costantini

    • 1989-Aug-23

    Frank Costantini grew up in New York City, one of three sons. His father was a chemical engineer, his mother an artist. He was good in math and liked quantitative, objective subjects. He matriculated at Yale University,…

    • Interviewee Costantini, Franklin D., 1952-
    • Interviewer Kohler, Robert, Morrissette, Naomi
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Costantini, Franklin D., 1952-, Ribonucleases, Biochemistry, Molecular biology, Cancer, Genetic engineering, Columbia University, Genetic regulation, Embryonic stem cells, Robertson, Elizabeth
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Judith White

    • 1989-Dec-13

    Judith M. White grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. When she was in junior high school, her family moved to Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. She is one of two children of an insurance agent and a school librarian.…

    • Interviewee White, Judith, 1952-
    • Interviewer Kohler, Robert, Morrissette, Naomi
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject White, Judith, 1952-, Women in science, Women in medicine, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Medical scientists, Viruses, Cytology, DNA--Research, Women medical scientists
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Anthony M.C. Brown

    • 1990-Mar-08

    Anthony Brown was one of two sons of a father in the Royal Navy and a mother of Armenian descent who spoke several languages. The family lived in a number of places primarily on the south coast of England. Brown…

    • Interviewee Brown, Anthony M. C., 1954-
    • Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Brown, Anthony M. C., 1954-, Chemistry sets, Genetics, Chambon, Pierre, University of California, San Francisco, Cornell University, Biology, Religion and science
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Timothy L. Manser

    • 1990-Oct-18

    Timothy L. Manser grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, one of two children. His father was a lawyer and his mother mostly a housewife. He liked school; though he says the schools were not very good, he did have a good biology…

    • Interviewee Manser, Timothy L., 1955-
    • Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Lindee, Susan M.
    • Subject Manser, Timothy L., 1955-, Biology, Dictyostelium, RNA, Human genetics, Immunology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B cells, Work-life balance
  • Photograph of Caroline Kisker
    2 items
    Oral histories

    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
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Marjorie A. Oettinger

    • 1997-Feb-10 – 1997-Feb-12

    Marjorie A. Oettinger grew up in Boston, Massachusetts, the younger of two children. Her father was a professor at Harvard University; her mother taught biology at Harvard University; and her brother went to Harvard…

    • Interviewee Oettinger, Marjorie A., 1961-
    • Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Oettinger, Marjorie A., 1961-, Women in science, Women in medicine, Medical scientists, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Genetics, Genetic recombination
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Ellen Puré

    • 1989-Aug-21

    Ellen Puré grew up in Queens, New York, the youngest of three children. Her parents were Polish survivors of concentration camps. Her father was a carpenter who designed and built store interiors. Always interested in…

    • Interviewee Puré, Ellen, 1957-
    • Interviewer Kohler, Robert, Morrissette, Naomi
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Puré, Ellen, 1957-, Women in science, Women in medicine, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Medical scientists, Immunology, T cells, Immunoglobulins
  • Oral histories

    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
  • Oral histories

    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
  • Photograph of  Jonathan D. Goldberg
    2 items
    Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Jonathan D. Goldberg

    • 2003-Dec-26
    • 2003-Dec-30
    • 2004-Jan-05

    Jonathan D. Goldberg was born and raised in Hertfordshire, England, one of two children. From the outset, it was clear to his parents that Goldberg was talented academically and so they encouraged him from a young age…

    • Interviewee Goldberg, Jonathan Daniel, 1967-
    • Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Goldberg, Jonathan Daniel, 1967-, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Proteins--Structure, X-ray crystallography, Rockefeller University, Cell interaction, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Work-life balance, Employment in foreign countries
  • Oral histories

    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-
    • Subject Farrar, Michael A., 1964-, Biology, Astrophysics, Addison's disease, Immunology, B cells, University of Minnesota, Leukemia, Hobbies, Work-life balance
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Jason G. Cyster

    • 2002-Sep-24 – 2002-Sep-26

    Jason G. Cyster was born and raised in Western Australia, the younger of two brothers. Cyster lived and worked on a farm for much of his early life. His father worked as a hired laborer on others' farms before buying…

    • 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
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Charles N. Cole and Inder Verma

    • 1995-May-06

    A joint interview with Charles N. Cole and Inder Verma.

    Charles N. Cole begins his interview by discussing the reasons behind his decision to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Cole's interest in…

    • Interviewee Verma, Inder M., Cole, Charles N., 1946-
    • Interviewer Schlesinger, Sondra
    • Subject Cole, Charles N., 1946-, Verma, Inder M., Biochemistry, Reverse transcriptase, RNA--Research, Molecular biology, Virology, Poliomyelitis, Peace movements, Anti-war demonstrations, Vietnam War (1961-1975)
  • Photograph of David Baltimore
    2 items
    Oral histories

    Oral history interview with David Baltimore

    • 1994-Feb-07
    • 1995-Apr-13
    • 1995-Apr-29

    David Baltimore begins the series of interviews describing his interest in biology as a high-school student and throughout his college years at Swarthmore. During college, he spent a summer at Cold Spring Harbor where…

    • Interviewee Baltimore, David, 1938-
    • Interviewer Schlesinger, Sondra
    • Subject Baltimore, David, 1938-, Biochemists, Biochemistry, Virology, Immunology--Research, Molecular biology, Nobel Prize winners, Poliovirus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Reverse transcriptase
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Kathleen L. Collins

    • 2006-Jul-10 – 2006-Jul-12

    Kathleen L. Collins grew up in Norwell, Massachusetts, a small town near Boston, the second of four children. Her father was a teacher and an assistant principal. Her mother was a nurse until she stayed home with her…

    • Interviewee Collins, Kathleen L., 1963-
    • Interviewer Frenkel, Karen A.
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Collins, Kathleen L., 1963-, Catholic Church, Molecular biology, Molecular cloning, DNA--Synthesis, Baltimore, David, University of Michigan, Women in medicine, HIV infections, Immune response
  • Oral histories

    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
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Frances M. Brodsky

    • 1995-Aug-21 – 1995-Aug-23

    Frances M. Brodsky grew up in Princeton, New Jersey. Her father worked at ETS (Educational Testing Service), a job he began shortly after the company was founded. Her mother, an artist, was a professor at Rutgers and…

    • Interviewee Brodsky, Frances M. (Frances Martha), 1955-
    • Interviewer Novak, Steven J.
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Brodsky, Frances M. (Frances Martha), 1955-, Biochemistry, Women in science, Monoclonal antibodies, HLA histocompatibility antigens, Immunology, Cytology, University of California, San Francisco, Becton-Dickinson, Affirmative action programs in education
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