Video 18: Joshua Lederberg, clip 4

Joshua Lederberg is a Professor Emeritus at Rockefeller University, where his current research addresses DNA conformation and evolutionary acceleration.

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16416. Video 18: Joshua Lederberg, clip 5

The attributes of great scientists.

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16414. Video 18: Joshua Lederberg, clip 3

Expectations on whether the Neurospora experiments would work and what results they might show.

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16412. Video 18: Joshua Lederberg, clip 1

How his reading of the Avery, McCarty & McLeod paper motivated him to begin research into understanding the chemical nature of the gene.

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16413. Video 18: Joshua Lederberg, clip 2

Designing the experiments that uncovered bacterial conjugation: theory-driven versus data-driven experiments.

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16367. Gallery 16: Telegram sent to Edward Tatum telling him that he, George Beadle and Joshua Lederberg will share the 1958 Nobel Pri

Telegram sent to Edward Tatum telling him that he, George Beadle and Joshua Lederberg will share the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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16403. Gallery 18: Lederberg's 1958 Nobel Prize certificate

Lederberg's 1958 Nobel Prize certificate.

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16401. Gallery 18: 1958 Nobel Prize winners

1958 Nobel Prize winners: (L-R) George Beadle, Edward Tatum (Physiology or Medicine), I. Tamm (Physics), F. Sanger (Chemistry), P. Cherenkov (Physics), I. Frank (Physics), Joshua Lederberg (Physiology or Medicine).

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16009. Joshua Lederberg, 1945

Bacteria and viruses have DNA too.

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16402. Gallery 18: Lederberg's 1958 Nobel Prize medal

Lederberg's 1958 Nobel Prize medal.

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16396. Gallery 18: Joshua Lederberg, 1925

Joshua Lederberg's baby picture.

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