Gilbert, Walter, 1932-
Person
Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:
Oral History Collection
Collection
Identifier: OH
Scope and Contents
The Oral History Collection contains interviews conducted with 200 scientists within the fields of molecular biology, genetics, and the life sciences between 1990 and 2018. The interviewees provide first-hand accounts of their experiences in the fields of modern biology, such as neuroscience, cancer, genetics, plant genetics, genomics, biotechnology and others, from the 1940s through the 2000s. The collection contains audio and video recordings, as well as transcripts of interviews....
Dates:
1990 - 2019
Origin of DNA Sequencing - Walter Gilbert
Item
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This meeting brought together the major researchers involved in DNA sequencing since its inception in the 1960s. Prominent guest speakers examined the history of sequencing and how the technology has transformed the biological sciences over the past five decades.
Sequencing began with the British biochemist Fred Sanger, two-time winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. While studying nucleic acids in the early 1960s, Sanger figured out a way to sequence small sections of RNA. This work...
Dates:
2015
Richard Burgess, 2001-04-23
Item — Box: AV05, Hi8: CSHL1225
Scope and Contents
Richard Burgess interviewed on April 23, 2001. The was combined with his interview of April 17, 2000 to form the basis of his interview on the CSHL Oral History website.
Dates:
2001-04-23
Symposium Coffee Break/ Walter Gilbert 1
File
Identifier: AV/7
Scope and Contents
Symposium footage of outdoor banquet, includes Bruce Stillman, James D. Watson; view of CSHL campus from across the Harbor; interview with Walter Gilbert.
Dates:
1985
Travel expenses for Walter Gilbert, 1972
Item — Box: 6, Folder: 9
Identifier: SB_1_1_232_4
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Correspondence series consists of incoming and outgoing handwritten and typed letters, carbons, postcards, faxes, and telegrams generated during Sydney Brenner's career. The bulk of this series covers the late 1940s to the 2000s. Correspondents include over 30 Nobel laureates, as well as biochemists, geneticists, students, publishers, and others. Highlights of the collection include the correspondence from Francis Crick, with whom Brenner shared an office for 20 years. Topics covered...
Dates:
1972
Walter Gilbert, 2004-07-08
Item — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Oral History Collection contains interviews conducted with 200 scientists within the fields of molecular biology, genetics, and the life sciences between 1990 and 2018. The interviewees provide first-hand accounts of their experiences in the fields of modern biology, such as neuroscience, cancer, genetics, plant genetics, genomics, biotechnology and others, from the 1940s through the 2000s. The collection contains audio and video recordings, as well as transcripts of interviews....
Dates:
2004-07-08
Walter Gilbert, July 23-24, 2005
Item — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
7.23.2005 - Symposium, 2 tapes. 7/24/2005 - Exhibit walk
Dates:
July 23-24, 2005
James D. Watson Collection
Collection
Identifier: JDW
Abstract
The James D. Watson Collection documents the life and career of James D. Watson, co-recipient of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA, the Director (and later President and Chancellor) of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and the first director of the National Center for Human Genome Research. The collection includes photographs, correspondence, manuscripts, laboratory notebooks, administrative records, teaching files,...
Dates:
1800s-2022
Charles Weissmann Biogen Collection
Collection
Identifier: CWB
Abstract
The Charles Weissmann Biogen Collection documents the genesis of the biotechnology company Biogen through the files of Charles Weissmann, an original collaborator and board member. The collection is mainly institutional correspondence and administrative and financial records. Biogen is renowned for its work with interferons: proteins which are made and released by host cells in response to pathogens.
Dates:
1977-1986
Norton Zinder Collection
Collection
Identifier: NDZ
Abstract
The Norton Zinder Collection documents the academic life and career of Norton Zinder a geneticist and microbiologist, Professor Emeritus at the Rockefeller University, and trustee of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Zinder was an active participant in five dynamic decades of biological science, emerging from the confines of the laboratory to national and international arenas addressing political and moral issues such as recombinant DNA research guidelines, the demilitarization of chemical...
Dates:
1938-2012