Sakaki, Yoshiyuki
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From the proposal of automated DNA sequencing to the completion of the Human Genome: Japanese contribution to Human Genome sequencing - Yoshiyuki Sakaki
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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
Sub-Series II: Chronological Files, Set 2, January-June 1983
File — Box 2: Series Correspondence, Folder: 7
Identifier: Correspondence
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From the Series:
The correspondence series consists of incoming and outgoing mail generated from 1975 to around 2012. Early parts of the collection consist mostly of handwritten or typed letters, with onion paper copies being common. In the later years, Maniatis transitioned to mostly using email and the majority of the correspondence is in that format.The collection is separated into seven subseries:I. Chronological Files, Set 1, 1981-1983
II. Chronological Files, Set 2, 1975-2005...
Dates:
January-June 1983