Title:
DNA chemistry at the dawn of commercial biotechnology : oral history transcript / 2004
Creator/Contributor:
Crea, Roberto, 1948-, creator, interviewee.
Creator/Contributor:
Hughes, Sally Smith, interviewer.
Creator/Contributor:
Program in the History of the Biological Sciences and Biotechnology
Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.
Abstract:
Family background, education in Italy; fellowships in DNA Chemistry, University of Leiden, Netherlands, 1974-1976; DNA synthesis
capability research at Genentech; work with somatostatin, insulin, and growth hormones; Genentech history; decision to leave
Genentech.
Date:
2003 (issued)
Subject:
n-us-ca
Biotechnology industries -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Biotechnology -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
DNA -- Synthesis
Somatostatin -- Research
Insulin -- Biotechnology -- Research
Somatotropin -- Research
Bio-industries -- Californie -- San Francisco, Région de la baie de
Biotechnologie -- Californie -- San Francisco, Région de la baie de
ADN -- Synthèse
Somatostatine -- Recherche
Somatotrophine -- Recherche
DNA -- Synthesis
Biotechnology industries
Biotechnology
California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Genentech, Inc. -- History
Genentech, Inc.
Crea, Roberto -- 1948-
Crea, Roberto -- 1948-
Note:
Roberto Crea. Interviews conducted by Sally Smith Hughes in 2002. Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley,
Forms part of the Program in the History of the Biological Sciences and Biotechnology.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Audio tape recording of the interviews also available. Shelved as Phonotape 3643 C:1-10.
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
History.
Oral histories.
Physical Description:
print
1 v. (vii, 110 p.) : ill., col. port. ; 29 cm.
10 audiocassettes.
Language:
English
Origin:
California
Classification:
TP248.19.C2 C74 2004
Copyright Note:
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
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.