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... an entertaining account charts Brenner's life in his own words, offering a fascinating and intimate protrait of one of the giants of modern biology...
About the Author
Dr. Sydney Brenner is a distinguished Professor at the Salk Institute of Biological Studies in La Jolla, California. He also is President of the Molecular Sciences Institute, in Berkeley, California, an institute he founded to pursue interdisciplinary research in genomics, genetics and computational biology.
Dr. Brenner's contributions to science are legendary. They begin with his role in establishing the existence of messenger RNA (mRNA) in copying from DNA the genetic instructions the cell uses to make proteins. Following his work in molecular genetics, he set out to disentangle the intricate biochemistry of cellular development in an animal. He chose the nematode roundworm, C. elegans, as a model research organism in the laboratory. Former Brenner postdoctoral fellows eventually produced the complete genome of C. elegans, the first animal sequenced.
Through these and other pioneering achievements, Dr. Brenner laid the foundation for a revolution in the life sciences that we are experiencing today.
My Life in Science
My Life in Science (Lives in Science S.),Sydney Brenner,BioMed Central Ltd,0954027809,Biography: general,Science: General Issues
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