Richard Burgess, 2001-04-23
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
Creator
- Burgess, Richard (Interviewee, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Portions of this collection have been digitized and are available online: https://library.cshl.edu/oralhistory/. Some tapes have been digitized thanks to support from CLIR Recordings at Risk Grant awarded in 2021, these tapes are not yet available online but are available for research in person at CSHL Archives. Please contact CSHL Archives archives@cshl.edu with any questions regarding availability.
Biographical / Historical
Richard Burgess is a geneticist who has been an important figure in cancer, microbial, and molecular research. He earned his Ph.D. from Harvard University under Jim Watson in 1969 and went on to work with Alfred Tissieres at the University of Geneva, Switzerland.
He is currently researching RNA polymerases, monoclonal antibodies (MAbs), molecular genetics, computer-based sequence and structure analysis, and biochemistry at the McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research at the University of Wisconsin, where he holds the position of Professor Emeritus of Oncology.
Extent
1 Cassettes (Camcorder footage) : Hi-8 - CSHL1225
0.5 Optical Disks (Talking Science with Richard Burgess) : DVD
1 Cassettes (Working copy of interview) : VHS
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Creator
- Burgess, Richard (Interviewee, Person)
- Pollock, Ludmila (Interviewer, Person)
- Swanson, Linda (Editor, Person)
- Viteri, Carlos (Videographer, Person)
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Library and Archives (Publisher, Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives Repository
Library & Archives
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