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Rubin, Gerald Mayer

 Person

Biography

Gerald Rubin first came to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory as part of the Undergraduate Research Program in the early 70s, working under Lionel Crawford and Ray Gesteland before moving to Cambridge to earn his Ph.D. in molecular biology. He did postdoctoral work at Stanford University School of Medicine and became an assistant professor of biological chemistry at Harvard Medical School prior to commencing his genetics professorship at Berkeley in 1983. He is a professor of Genetics and Development at the University of California, Berkeley. Currently, as Vice President and Director of the Janelia Research Campus at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Ashburn, Virginia, directs scientific programs that are developing biological and computational tools for transforming the study of biology and medicine. The tools developed at Janelia are capable of analyzing and displaying the vast amount of information available from the genomic sequencing of the fruit fly, among others. These techniques are used to decipher gene regulation and expression at a genome-wide level in Drosophila and determine the function of certain fruit fly genes.

Gerald Rubin is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine. He is a recipient of the American Chemical Society Eli Lilly Award in biological chemistry.

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Gerald Rubin, 2003-05-30

 Item — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents Gerald Rubin, geneticist and molecular biologist, is interviewed by Mila Pollock and Kiryn Haslinger on May 30, 2003, at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, in Cold Spring Harbor, New York.Gerald Rubin discusses the following in his interview: Scene 1. Involvement in genomics -- Scene 2. Surprises in the Human Genome Project -- Scene 3. Dangers of the Human Genome Project -- Scene 4. Competition in science -- Scene 5. Gene patenting -- Scene 6. Future of genomics -- Scene 7. Science...
Dates: 2003-05-30

J. Craig Venter, 2006-03-02

 Item — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents Craig Venter, biologist and genomic research pioneer, is interviewed by Mila Pollock and Jan Witkowski, on March 2, 2006, at the J. Craig Venter Institute in Rockville, Maryland.Craig Venter discusses the following in his interview: Scene 1. Early involvement in genomics -- Scene 2. The beginning of automated sequencing -- Scene 3. ESTs development -- Scene 4. British research -- Scene 5. Challenges -- Scene 6. Decision to leave NIH -- Scene 7. 1998 Cold Spring Harbor Genome...
Dates: 2006-03-02

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 2024. 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 - 2024

Q-R, 1971 - 2016

 File — Box 5, Folder: 8
Identifier: MSM_b04_f13_001
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Of particular note in this subseries is the correspondence between Meselson and Jean Weigle (University of Geneva) in which they discuss Meselson's experiments on transduction (1959-1962).

Dates: 1971 - 2016

R, 1996 - 2003

 File — Box RG11, Folder: 07
Identifier: RG2 Correspondence
Scope and Contents

This folder contains correspondence with Uttam "Tom" RajBhandary, A.E. Retief, Rhône-Poulenc S.A., Peter Rigby, Jim Roberts, Peter K. Rogan, Sergio Romano, Leon E. Rosenberg, Joseph L. Rotman, John S. Rowlinson, the Royal Bank Award, Gerry Rubin, and Oliver A. Ryder.

Dates: 1996 - 2003

Raymond Gesteland, 2001-06-04

 Item — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents Raymond Gesteland, genetics researcher, is interviewed by Mila Pollock and Jan Witkowski, on June 4, 2001, at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York. Raymond Gesteland's interview discusses the following: Scene 1. From Geneva to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory -- Scene 2. Arriving at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory -- Scene 3. Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory -- Scene 4. John Cairns and Jim Watson -- Scene 5. John Cairns as Director of Cold Spring Harbor...
Dates: 2001-06-04

Gerald Rubin Collection: Model Organism Genome Sequencing

 Collection
Identifier: GR
Abstract

The Dr. Gerald Rubin Collection contains documents pertinent to the Drosophila sequencing project collaboration in 1999, the Celera Genomics collaboration, and correspondence with the Department of Energy concerning support for model organism sequencing.

Dates: 1992-1999

Sub-Series II: Chronological Files, Set 2, 1991

 File — Box 3: Series Correspondence, Folder: 2
Identifier: Correspondence
Scope and Contents 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: 1991

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Type
Archival Object 7
Collection 2
 
Subject
Human Genome Project 3
Drosophila Genetics 2
Genomics 2
Berkeley, (CA) 1
Caenorhabditis elegans 1