Title:
Biochemistry at Stanford, biotechnology at DNAX : oral history transcript / 1998
Creator/Contributor:
Kornberg, Arthur, 1918-2007, creator, interviewee.
Creator/Contributor:
Hughes, Sally Smith, interviewer.
Creator/Contributor:
Lederberg, Joshua.
Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.
Creator/Contributor:
Program in the History of the Biological Sciences and Biotechnology
Abstract:
Early career at National Institutes of Health: nutrition research, mentored by Severo Ochoa and Carl Cori; chairman, microbiology,
Washington University, St. Louis: C.B. van Niel's microbiology course, faculty, Erwin Chargaff, nucleotide chain synthesis
research, DNA as genetic material; chairman, biochemistry, Stanford University: renovation of Stanford Medical School, founding
and staffing of biochemistry department, interaction of basic and clinical sciences, departmental operational style, new biochemistry
curriculum, industry ties, Industrial Affiliates Program; research programs: DNA polymerase, DNA replication, viral synthesis,
polyphosphate, Nobel prize; recombinant DNA: Senate testimony, 1968, patenting in biotechnology, controversy, Stanford biochemistry
contributions to/failure to recognize commercial potential of, Peter Lobban's research on; ALZA Corporation; DNAX: foundation,
funding, and staffing, purchase by interactions with Schering-Plough, antibody and interleukin research; anti-Semitism; Paul
Berg; Dale Kaiser.
Date:
1998 (issued)
Subject:
n-us-ca
DNA -- Research
Recombinant DNA -- Research
Biochemists -- California -- Interviews
DNA
Recombinant DNA
Research
Biochemistry
DNA
DNA, Recombinant
Research
Biochemistry
ADN -- Recherche
Biochimistes -- Californie -- Entretiens
ADN
ADN recombinant
Recherche
Biochimie
research (function)
biochemistry
Research
Recombinant DNA
DNA
Biochemistry
Recombinant DNA -- Research
DNA -- Research
Biochemists
California
Stanford University. -- Department of Biochemistry.
DNAX Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology.
Stanford University. -- Department of Biochemistry
Note:
Arthur Kornberg ; with an introduction by Joshua Lederberg. Interviews conducted by Sally Smith Hughes in 1997. Regional Oral
History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Produced as part of the Program in the History of the Biosciences and Biotechnology.
Audio tape recording of the interview also available. Shelved as Phonotape 2980 C:1-16.
Also available online.
Volume includes index.
Duplicate transcript: Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library.
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library
of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional
Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
biography
Interviews
Oral histories.
Physical Description:
print
1 volumes (xiv, 268 pages) : portrait ; 28 cm
16 audiocassettes
Language:
English
Origin:
California
Copyright Note:
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library
of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional
Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.