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9780471349228

The Harvey Lectures Series 93, 1997-1998

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  • ISBN13:

    9780471349228

  • ISBN10:

    0471349224

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-10-08
  • Publisher: Wiley-Liss

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Summary

This is the latest volume in the distinguished Harvey Lectures, which provides a topical overview of recent trends in the biomedical sciences.

Author Biography

Stanley Falkow was an American microbiologist and a professor of microbiology and immunology at Stanford University School of Medicine. He discovered molecular mechanisms of infectious diseases, like antibiotic resistance and sounded the alarm for antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Eric Steven Lander, a mathematician and geneticist, is a Professor of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, former member of the Whitehead Institute, and founding director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.

Table of Contents

Constitution of The Harvey Society vii
By-Laws of The Harvey Society, Inc. ix
Officers of The Harvey Society xv
Corporate Sponsors xvi
Preface: A Brief History of The Harvey Society, New York xvii
HARVEY LECTURES 1997--1998
Genetic Analysis of Interferon and Other Mammalian Signaling Pathways
1(16)
George R. Stark
Form From Function in Visual System Development
17(18)
Carla J. Shatz
Genes and Genomes
35(14)
Eric Lander
Signals for Tissue Induction and Organ Formation in Vertebrate Embryos
49(16)
Douglas Melton
Probing the Intracellular Life of Bacteria
65(10)
Stanley Falkow
DNA and RNA Polymerases: Structural Diversity and Common Mechanisms
75(20)
Thomas A. Steitz
In Vitro Selection and Directed Evolution
95(24)
Jack W. Szostak
Former Officers of the Harvey Society 119(14)
Cumulative Author Index 133(10)
Active Members 143

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