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Microbial evolution and co-adaptation : a tribute to the life and scientific legacies of Joshua Lederberg : workshop summary /

"Dr. Joshua Lederberg - scientist, Nobel laureate, visionary thinker, and friend of the Forum on Microbial Threats - died on February 2, 2008. It was in his honor that the Institute of Medicine's Forum on Microbial Threats convened a public workshop on May 20-21, 2008, to examine Dr. Leder...

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Corporate Author: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Forum on Microbial Threats
Other Authors: Lederberg, Joshua, Relman, David A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2009]
Subjects:
Microorganisms > Evolution > Congresses.
Communicable diseases > Congresses.
Evolution > Congresses.
Adaptation (Biology) > Congresses.
Microbiological Phenomena > genetics.
Evolution, Molecular.
Congresses.
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Summary:"Dr. Joshua Lederberg - scientist, Nobel laureate, visionary thinker, and friend of the Forum on Microbial Threats - died on February 2, 2008. It was in his honor that the Institute of Medicine's Forum on Microbial Threats convened a public workshop on May 20-21, 2008, to examine Dr. Lederberg's scientific and policy contributions to the marketplace of ideas in the life sciences, medicine, and public policy. The resulting workshop summary, Microbial Evolution and Co-Adaptation, demonstrates the extent to which conceptual and technological developments have, within a few short years, advanced our collective understanding of the microbiome, microbial genetics, microbial communities, and microbe-host-environment interactions."
Item Description:Papers resulting from a public workshop held on May 20-21, 2008.
Physical Description:xx, 309 pages : illustrations (chielfy color), color maps ; 23 cm.
Avail. in electronic form.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:0309131219 (paper)
9780309131216 (paper)