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Category: Deciphering the Genetic Code

A series that commemorates the 50th anniversary of Nirenberg’s Genetic Code Charts.

A banner reading "UUU are Great Marshall" hung in a hallway.

A Tribute to Marshall Nirenberg—David Serlin

March 20, 2015 Circulating Now

On March 17, 2015, the National Library of Medicine held a special event, “A Tribute to Marshall Nirenberg,” the first of a “triplet” of events at

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A screenshot from the turning the pages interactive shown highlighting the UUU cell on the chart.

A Tribute to Nirenberg—George Thoma

March 19, 2015 Circulating Now

On March 17, 2015, the National Library of Medicine held a special event, “A Tribute to Marshall Nirenberg,” the first of a “triplet” of events at NIH

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A group of about 20 people pose for a photograph outside.

A Tribute to Marshall Nirenberg—Myrna Weissman

March 18, 2015 Circulating Now

On March 17, 2015, the National Library of Medicine held a special event, “A Tribute to Marshall Nirenberg,” the first of a “triplet” of events at NIH

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At an elegant gathering Marshal Nirenberg is handed the Nobel Prize and Certificate by the King of Sweden.

A Tribute to Marshall Nirenberg—Frank Portugal

March 17, 2015 Circulating Now

Today, March 17, 2015, the National Library of Medicine held a special event, “A Tribute to Marshall Nirenberg,” the first of a “triplet” of events at NIH

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Nirenberg, ina lab coat, sitsin his office by a blackboard and a cart of molecule models.

A Tribute to Marshall Nirenberg

March 16, 2015 Circulating Now

Tomorrow, March 17, 2015 the National Library of Medicine (NLM) will host the first of a “triplet” of events at the National Institutes of Health

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A young man in a lab coat and plastic gloves holds up a glass tube in a laboratory.

Deciphering the Genetic Code: A 50 Year Anniversary

January 21, 2015 Circulating Now

By Christie Moffatt Fifty years ago, on January 18, 1965, Dr. Marshall W. Nirenberg (1927–2010) completed his first summary of the genetic code—one of the

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Detail of a large paper chart constructed of several pages taped together, handwritten in several colors of ink.

Preserving Nirenberg’s Genetic Code Chart

September 16, 2014 Circulating Now

By Kristi Wright and Holly Herro The National Library of Medicine is home to a series of very important documents in scientific history—Marshall Nirenberg’s Genetic

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