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Title: Oswald T. Avery Collection Creator: Avery, Oswald Theodore,
1877-1955 Dates: 1912-2005Extent: 2.6 linear feet (6 boxes) Abstract:Artificial collection of primarily secondary research materials and
photocopies of originals from the Rockefeller Archive Center assembled by Avery's colleague Joshua
Lederberg. Avery's career focused on a "systematic effort to understand the biological activities of
pathogenic bacteria through a knowledge of their chemical composition," focusing most of his
research on a single species of pneumococcus, Diplococcus pneumoniae. The collection falls roughly
into two parts: items related to the discovery of the transforming principle and items related to
the discovery's reception by the scientific community. Search Results: 1 match in 1 of 16 Subjectssearch terms in context | standard view | full text File Size: 44 K bytes | Add this to my bookbag Title: Robert M. Chanock Papers Creator: Chanock, Robert M. Dates: 1933-2008 (bulk 1950-2008)Extent: 87.5 linear feet (70 boxes) Abstract:Correspondence, research reports and data, reprints, lectures, and conference notes document Dr. Robert M. Chanock's career studying and developing therapies for respiratory viruses that are particularly common in children, notably human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and the para-influenza viruses. Search Results: 1 match in 1 of 13 Subjectssearch terms in context | standard view | full text File Size: 260 K bytes | Add this to my bookbag |