Conversations with History - Lucy Shapiro
submitted by Marvin's Underground Evening Lectures
on 10/06/18
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A Microbiologist's Intellectual Odyssey Lucy Shapiro Director of the Beckman Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine at Stanford University Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Lucy Shapiro,Ludwig Professor of Cancer Research in the School of Medicine, Stanford University, for a discussion of her career in the biological sciences. Topics discussed include unraveling the mystery of bacterial DNA, creativity in the sciences,the interdisciplinary nature of biology, the policy challenges posed by the increasing threat of infectious disease and the diminishing efficacy of antibiotics, and the problem of bioterrorism. Recorded April 2, 2009 globetrotter.berkeley.edu/iis/Kreisler.html globetrotter.berkeley.edu/conversations/
