Phage And The Origins Of Molecular Biology

Author : John Cairns
Publisher : CSHL Press
ISBN 13 : 0879698004
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Phage and the Origins of Molecular Biology written by John Cairns and published by CSHL Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1966 as a 60th birthday tribute to Max Delbrck, this influential work is republished as "The Centennial Edition." The book was hailed as "[introducing] into the literature of science, for the first time, a self-conscious historical element in which the participants in scientific discovery engage in writing their own chronicle ("Journal of History of Biology").

Author : CARINS
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781621823186
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Phage Origins Molecular Biology written by CARINS and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William C. Summers
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300174250
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.5X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Félix d`Herelle and the Origins of Molecular Biology written by William C. Summers and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1999-06-10 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A self-taught scientist determined to bring science out of the laboratory and into the practical arena, French-Canadian Felix d’Herelle (1873-1949) made history in two different fields of biology. Not only was he first to demonstrate the use and application of bacteria for biological control of insect pests, he also became a seminal figure in the history of molecular biology. This engaging book is the first full biography of d’Herelle, a complex figure who emulated Louis Pasteur and influenced the course of twentieth-century biology, yet remained a controversial outsider to the scientific community. Drawing on family papers, archival sources, interviews, and d’Herelle’s published and unpublished writings, Dr. William C. Summers tells the fascinating story of the scientist’s life and the work that took him around the globe. In 1917, d’Herelle published the first paper describing the phenomenon of the bacteriophage and its biological nature. A series of more than 110 articles and 6 major books followed, in which d’Herelle established the foundation for the later work of the Phage Group in molecular biology. Yet d’Herelle sometimes inspired animosity in others--he was drummed out of the Pasteur Institute, he held only one brief permanent position in the scientific establishment (at Yale University from 1928 to 1933), and he was bewildered by the social nuances of the world of international science. His story is more than the biography of a single brilliant scientist; it is also a fascinating chapter in the history of biology.

Author : Michel Morange
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674001695
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Molecular Biology written by Michel Morange and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every day it seems the media focus on yet another new development in biology--gene therapy, the human genome project, the creation of new varieties of animals and plants through genetic engineering. These possibilities have all emanated from molecular biology. A History of Molecular Biology is a complete but compact account for a general readership of the history of this revolution. Michel Morange, himself a molecular biologist, takes us from the turn-of-the-century convergence of molecular biology's two progenitors, genetics and biochemistry, to the perfection of gene splicing and cloning techniques in the 1980s. Drawing on the important work of American, English, and French historians of science, Morange describes the major discoveries--the double helix, messenger RNA, oncogenes, DNA polymerase--but also explains how and why these breakthroughs took place. The book is enlivened by mini-biographies of the founders of molecular biology: Delbrück, Watson and Crick, Monod and Jacob, Nirenberg. This ambitious history covers the story of the transformation of biology over the last one hundred years; the transformation of disciplines: biochemistry, genetics, embryology, and evolutionary biology; and, finally, the emergence of the biotechnology industry. An important contribution to the history of science, A History of Molecular Biology will also be valued by general readers for its clear explanations of the theory and practice of molecular biology today. Molecular biologists themselves will find Morange's historical perspective critical to an understanding of what is at stake in current biological research.

Author : Alfred Day Hershey
Publisher : CSHL Press
ISBN 13 : 9780879695675
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book We Can Sleep Later written by Alfred Day Hershey and published by CSHL Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An absorbing portrait of the pioneering molecular biologist best known for demonstrating that DNA is the genetic component of phages, through essays and reminiscences from twenty–three distinguished scientists whose work and careers were influenced by the man and his science.

Author : William C. Summers
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300269080
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Phage Group written by William C. Summers and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2023-01-10 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating historical account of the American Phage Group and how its new research framework became the foundation for molecular biology This book is the first critical and analytical study of the American Phage Group—a small group of scientists who gathered around Max Delbrück, Salvador Luria, and Alfred Hershey between 1940 and 1960—and how this novel research program became the foundation of the field of molecular biology. These three young, charismatic, and iconoclastic scientists were convinced of the importance of bacterial viruses (bacteriophages) to the study of the gene and of heredity in general. Based on substantial archival research, numerous participant interviews collected over the past thirty years, and an intimate knowledge of the relevant scientific literature in the field, William C. Summers has written a fascinating new history of the American Phage Group. Rather than a linear narrative of progress by past heroes, this book emphasizes the diversity and historical contingencies in the group’s development.

Author : Jessica Nicastro
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319457918
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bacteriophage Applications - Historical Perspective and Future Potential written by Jessica Nicastro and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores key applications of phage biotechnology and reviews recent advances in phage display technologies. The applications covered were selected on the basis of their significance and representativeness in the field. The small size and enormous diversity of bacteriophages make them ideal candidates for numerous applications across many industries. Since the discovery of phages and the advent of phage display systems, considerable attention has been focused on the development of novel therapeutic and industrial applications. Recent studies combine the genomic flexibility of phages with phage display systems in order to generate modified phages for targeted delivery.

Author : Paul Pumpens
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 042967290X
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Single-stranded RNA phages written by Paul Pumpens and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-02-03 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a comprehensive guide to single-stranded RNA phages (family Leviviridae), first discovered in 1961. These phages played a unique role in early studies of molecular biology, the genetic code, translation, replication, suppression of mutations. Special attention is devoted to modern applications of the RNA phages and their products in nanotechnology, vaccinology, gene discovery, evolutionary and environmental studies. Included is an overview of the generation of novel vaccines, gene therapy vectors, drug delivery, and diagnostic tools exploring the role of RNA phage-derived products in the revolutionary progress of the protein tethering and bioimaging protocols. Key Features Presents the first full guide to single-stranded RNA phages Reviews the history of molecular biology summarizing the role RNA phages in the development of the life sciences Demonstrates how RNA phage-derived products have resulted in nanotechnological applications Presents an up-to-date account of the role played by RNA phages in evolutionary and environmental studies

Author : Andre Lwoff
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0323158765
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Origins of Molecular Biology written by Andre Lwoff and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2012-12-02 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Origins of Molecular Biology: A Tribute to Jacques Monod consists of contributions of scientists narrating their experiences with Jacques Monod. Significantly, the history of various discoveries Jacques Monod made is unfolded. This book pictures Jacques Monod through the eyes of his technician, secretary, peers, friends, and even opponents. It notes that the depiction of the same discovery may be told differently by different scientists who worked at the same time in the same laboratory. The personality of the contributor sometimes influences the narration. Through this book, one can learn how a great scientist receives, discusses, rejects, accepts, assimilates, and creates ideas; how ideas are turned into experiments; how experimental results are interpreted and how concepts are born. In a word, it tells how science is constructed.

Author : Michael Fry
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 012802108X
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Landmark Experiments in Molecular Biology written by Michael Fry and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2016-06-10 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Landmark Experiments in Molecular Biology critically considers breakthrough experiments that have constituted major turning points in the birth and evolution of molecular biology. These experiments laid the foundations to molecular biology by uncovering the major players in the machinery of inheritance and biological information handling such as DNA, RNA, ribosomes, and proteins. Landmark Experiments in Molecular Biology combines an historical survey of the development of ideas, theories, and profiles of leading scientists with detailed scientific and technical analysis. Includes detailed analysis of classically designed and executed experiments Incorporates technical and scientific analysis along with historical background for a robust understanding of molecular biology discoveries Provides critical analysis of the history of molecular biology to inform the future of scientific discovery Examines the machinery of inheritance and biological information handling