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Stanley N. Cohen Papers Open for Research

January 24, 2019 Circulating Now

By James Labosier and John Rees ~ An important new archival collection, the Stanley N. Cohen Papers (1948–2016), is now available at the National Library

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GenBank & The Early Years of “Big Data”

March 3, 2016 Circulating Now

In cooperation with our colleagues at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), National Library of Medicine (NLM), the NLM’s History of Medicine Division recently

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In Search of Sol Spiegelman

October 27, 2015 Circulating Now

Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Susie Fisher who brings us this post highlighting her work with NLM’s archival collections for American Archives Month. Dr. Fisher

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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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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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Bacterial Sex: A building block for biotech

May 8, 2014 Circulating Now

Circulating Now welcomes guest bloggers Diane Wendt and Mallory Warner from the Division of Medicine and Science at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History

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