CHAPTER 6. A Rising Star for the Biotech Era
Salary conversions, adjusted for inflation: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Consumer Price Index Inflation Calculator. Retrieved 29 July 2014. http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm
Beadle resisted developing tunnel vision: Berg, Paul and Singer, Maxine. “George Beadle: An Uncommon Farmer. The Emergence of Genetics in the 20th Century.” Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. 2003. http://www.amazon.com/George-Beadle-Uncommon-Farmer-Emergence/dp/0879697636
hiring was noted: New Faculty. “A Report for the Year 1969-1970 on the Research and Other Activities of the Division of Biology at the California Institute of Technology.” Page 1.
almost tripled during the 1960s: History of Congressional Appropriations. National Institutes of Health. 1960-1969. Retrieved 29 July 2014 http://officeofbudget.od.nih.gov/pdfs/FY08/FY08%20COMPLETED/appic3806%20-%20transposed%20%2060%20-%2069.pdf
Congress tripled it again: History of Congressional Appropriations. National Institutes of Health. 1970-1979. Retrieved 29 July 2014 http://officeofbudget.od.nih.gov/pdfs/FY08/FY08%20COMPLETED/appic3806%20-%20transposed%20%2070%20-%2079.pdf
By 2004, it was forty-two: Average Age of New Investigators at Initial R01 Equivalent Award. National Institutes of Health. Data retrieved 29 July 2014. https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&rlz=1C1LENP_enUS512US512&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=average%20age%20of%20first%20nih%20grant%201970
first published in 1974: Wood, William B.; Wilson, John H.; Benbow, Robert M.; Hood, Leroy E.; “Biochemistry: A Problems Approach.” The Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company. 1974.
I hear and I forget: Wood, William B. “Genesis of Biochemistry: A Problems Approach.” Cell Biology Education, American Society for Cell Biology. Spring/Summer 2002. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC118368/
Neither of us was interested in single genes: Interview with Eric Davidson at his Caltech office. 31 Jan. 2013.
it used a novel spinning cup: Bryan Smith, John. “Protein Sequencing by Edman Degradation.” Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. 2001. http://www.ehu.es/biofisica/juanma/papers/EdmanDegradation.pdf
I see it in my head: Dreyer, William. Interview by Shirley K. Cohen. Pasadena, California, February 18–March 2, 1999. Oral History Project, California Institute of Technology Archives. Retrieved Feb. 27, 2016 from the World Wide Web: http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechOH:OH_Dreyer_W
God only knows: Jenkins, Philip. “Decade of Nightmares: The End of the Sixties and the Making of Eighties America.” Oxford University Press. 2006 http://books.google.com/books?id=Tp9WODvGNScC&pg=RA1-PT19&lpg=RA1-PT19&dq=god+crawled+laboratory+cambridge+mayor+1976&source=bl&ots=9LPDFdsUII&sig=Vt5bwZHR3m9sqOfWLChVjr2IPZo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=3uR8VN_9JIKzogSzh4DoDQ&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=god%20crawled%20laboratory%20cambridge%20mayor%201976&f=false
he gabbed: Cooke, Bob. “Antibody Study Reveals Immunity Clues.” Pasadena Star-News. 2 May 1971. Page 1 http://newspaperarchive.com/us/california/pasadena/star-news/1971/05-02/
increasingly obsessed: Interview with Eric Adelberger by telephone. 8 Apr. 2014
enlisted as many as 20: A Report for the Year 1974-1975 on the Research and Other Activities of the Division of Biology at the California Institute of Technology.
incredibly energetic and enthusiastic: Interview with Mike Hunkapiller at Pacific Biosciences in Menlo Park, CA. 15 Oct. 2012
actually a pretty good listener: Interview with Mitchell Kronenberg by telephone. 6 June 2014.
a mentor should provide: Hood, Leroy E. “My Life and Adventures Integrating Biology and Technology.” A Commemorative Lecture for the 2002 Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technologies. 10 Nov. 2002. https://www.systemsbiology.org/download/2002Kyoto.pdf
read the newspaper sports pages: Interview with Eran Hood in Seattle. 29 Nov. 2012
expected to run around the neighborhood: Interview with Marqui Hood by telephone. 20 Feb. 2013
one meal wasn’t pot-luck style: Interview with Tim Hunkapiller, Mercer Island, WA. 14 Nov. 2012