Title:

Oswald T. Avery

Creator:

Schmidt, Louis E.

Date:

[1930s]

Description:

Following Fred Griffith's demonstration in 1928 that R and S strains of pneumococci could be converted from one to the other, the focus of Avery's laboratory began to shift to the problem of bacterial transformation.

Original Repository:

The History of Medicine Division. Prints and Photographs Collection

Rights:

Courtesy of The History of Medicine Division. Prints and Photographs Collection.

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Genre:

Photographic prints
Portraits

Format:

Still Image

Extent:

1 pages

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. History of Medicine Division. Prints and Photographs Collection. 11611. Free Text. This image may also be accessed from the Images from the History of Medicine (IHM).. URL. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/ihm/. IHM Order Number. B02066

Legacy ID:

CCBBDB

NLM ID:

101584575X504

Profiles Collection:

The Oswald T. Avery Collection

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584575X504

Story Section:

Shifting Focus: Early Work on Bacterial Transformation, 1928-1940