Deciphering the Genetic Code
Production
This website was written by Sarah A. Leavitt, Ph.D. and was produced by the Stetten Museum, Office of NIH History, in collaboration with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
Web team:
Alan Hoofring and Donald Bliss, NIH Medical Arts and
Printing
Michele Lyons, Curator, Stetten Museum
Caroline Hannaway, Ph.D., Editor, Office of NIH History
Victoria Harden, Ph.D., Director, Office of NIH History
Photo Credits:
Photographs of Nirenberg courtesy of Marshall Nirenberg and the National Library of Medicine. Photographs of Avery, McCarty, MacLeod, Watson, and Chargoff courtesy of the National Library of Medicine. Photographs of Watson & Crick walking outside, Crick, and the DNA model courtesy of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archive Mortar and pestle, vial of poly-U, French press, multi-plater, spectrophotometer, electrophoresis instrument, and centrifuge courtesy of the NIH Stetten Museum.
Special thanks:
Marshall W. Nirenberg, Ph.D., provided instruments,
documents, pictures, and other valuable assistance for
this exhibit. The Stetten Museum would also like to
thank Alan Peterkofsky, Ph.D., and the History of Medicine
Division of the National Library of Medicine for their
assistance and support.
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Marshall Nirenberg, c. 1970. |
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Last update: March
2004
Office of NIH History,
National Institutes of Health,
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
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