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DNA chemistry at the dawn of commercial biotechnology : oral history transcript / 2004.
BANC MSS 2004/139 c; Phonotape 3643 C:1-10; TP248.19.C2 C74 2004
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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:

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Crea, Roberto -- 1948-
Genentech, Inc. -- History
Biotechnology industries -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Biotechnology -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
DNA -- Synthesis
Somatostatin -- Research
Insulin -- Biotechnology -- Research
Somatotropin -- Research

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.
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.
Volume includes index.

Type:

biography
Oral histories.

Physical Description:

print
1 v. (vii, 110 p.) : ill., col. port. ; 29 cm.
10 sound cassettes.

Language:

English

Identifier:

http://nma.berkeley.edu/ark:/28722/bk0005z188q
BANC MSS 2004/139 c
Phonotape 3643 C:1-10
TP248.19.C2 C74 2004

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.

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