Yale University, Boyner Center for Molecular Biology. "Dr. Joshua Lederberg will present the sixth lecture: 'Emerging Microbial Diseases: Issues for Concern; Strategies for Prevention and Containment'." Yale University, Boyner Center for Molecular Biology. "Dr. Joshua Lederberg will present the sixth lecture: 'Emerging Microbial Diseases: Issues for Concern; Strategies for Prevention and Containment'."

Contributor(s): Curie Institute Yale University. Boyner Center for Molecular Medicine Publication: Produced: undated Language(s): English Format: Still image Genre(s): Archival Materials Announcements Abstract: The lecture was given on February 17, 1998. The photograph below the announcement is of a commemorative plaque in the archway of Yale University's Osborn Botanical Laboratory which reads: IN THIS BUILDING WERE PERFORMED IN 1946, THE HISTORIC EXPERIMENTS OF JOSHUA LEDERBERG. THEN A YALE GRADUATE STUDENT, AND EDWARD L. TATUM, THEN A YALE PROFESSOR, WHICH DESCRIBED FOR THE FIRST TIME THE PHENOMENON OF GENETIC RECOMBINATION IN BACTERIA. THIS FINDING, WHICH REVOLUTIONIONIZED BIO-CHEMICAL GENETICS AND HELPED TO ESTABLISH THE SCIENCE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, LED TO A SHARED AWARD OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN MEDICINE AND PHYSIOLOGY IN 1958. Copyright: This item may be under copyright protection; contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use. Extent: 1 pages NLM Unique ID: 101584906X13844 (See in Profiles in Science) Profiles in Science ID: BBGAIF Permanent Link: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584906X13844 Archival Collection: The Joshua Lederberg Papers (Profiles in Science)