This month the Markus Library remembers lesser-known women scientists at The Rockefeller University Clara Nigg Clara Nigg. Courtesy of the Rockefeller Archive Center Clara Ida Nigg (1897-1986) was an American bacteriologist who developed methods of cultivating Rickettsia prowazekii and proved that this organism only reproduces in living cells. Clara Nigg was born [...]
Friday Lectures Friday, September 22, 2017 3:45 p.m. Caspary Auditorium Nancy A. Moran, Ph.D. Leslie Surginer Endowed Professor Department of Integrative Biology University of Texas The evolution and function of gut communities in social bees Recommended Readings: Ashley P. Taylor. March 29, 2017. In Certain Social Bees, Gut Microbiomes Follow Phylogeny. TheScientist Kwong, Waldan K.; [...]
Friday Lectures Friday, March 24, 2017 3:45 p.m. Caspary Auditorium Jon Clardy, Ph.D. Hsien Wu and Daisy Yen Wu Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology The Rockefeller University Small Molecule Modulators of Multilateral Symbioses Recommended Readings: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/02/170215084450.htm Pupo, Monica T.; Currie, Cameron R.; Clardy, Jon (2017). Microbial Symbionts of Insects are the [...]
Friday Lecture Series Friday October 7, 2016 3:45 p.m. The Fairfield Osborn Memorial Lecture Caspary Auditorium Nicole King Professor, and HHMI Investigator Dept.of Molecular and Cell Biology, Division of Genetics, Genomics and Development University of California Berkeley Bacteria as Master Regulators and Aphrodisiacs Recommended Readings: Anderson, Douglas P.; Whitney, Dustin S.; Hanson-Smith, Victor; et al. Evolution [...]
