by Stanley Falkow — A graduate student came to my office recently to say that she was increasingly bothered by anxiety and the 'terror' of having to speak at laboratory meetings. She had also learned a month ago that she was expected to lecture to a class organized by her mentor. The thought of…
by Elio — Typical of old folks, my mind readily wanders back to events in earlier days. High on the list of memories that pop up is that of my very first lecture. It's one that I gave to medical students, the year being 1962 or 10 years after Watson and Crick. Imagine the thrill.
by Michael Malamy — For at least twenty years now I have given a few lectures with discussion sections on the early papers of Benzer on rII, followed by the exploitation of the rII system by Crick, Brenner and their colleagues to study the nature of mutations arising spontaneously or after treatment with mutagenic agents, the nature of the genetic code...
by Stanley Falkow — A graduate student came to my office recently to say that she was increasingly bothered by anxiety and the 'terror' of having to speak at laboratory meetings. She had also learned a month ago that she was expected to lecture to a class organized by her mentor. The thought of…
Vincent and Stanley meet with Waclaw Szybalski and John Kirby at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on the occasion of its designation as a Milestones in Microbiology site. They reminisce about how the well known laboratory has advanced the science and teaching of microbiology, and discuss John's work on the soil dwelling, predatory myxobacteria.
