Sydney Brenner

A Biography

By: Errol Friedberg

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Hardcover | 21 September 2010 | Edition Number 1

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This volume is the first full-length biography of Sydney Brenner, the Nobel-Prize-winning scientist whose brilliant career has encompassed fundamental insights into the functions of RNA, the genetic code, and the principles of animal development, as well as leadership of research institutions in the USA, Singapore, and Japan. Known for his creativity, acerbic wit, and generosity to colleagues, and indefatigable even in his eighties, Brenner is one of the most influential scientists of our time.

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Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Timeline	p. xv
Prizes Awarded to Sydney Brenner	p. xxi
Prologue	p. xxiii
Growing Up in South Africa
A Potent Intellect	p. 3
In Love with Science	p. 15
The Science Year Alternative	p. 29
Becoming an Independent Researcher	p. 37
Failing the Final Year of Medical School	p. 43
The Postgraduate Years
Viewing the DNA Model	p. 59
Confronting the Genetic Code	p. 75
Returning to South Africa	p. 91
Deciphering the Genetic Code
Cambridge at Last	p. 101
The MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology	p. 111
Messenger RNA-The Concept	p. 119
Messenger RNA-The Validation	p. 129
A Triplet Genetic Code	p. 141
Deciphering the Triplet Code	p. 149
Complex Organisms
C. elegans	p. 159
The Many Faces of the C. elegans Project	p. 167
Progressing on Multiple Fronts	p. 173
Getting Back to DNA	p. 181
Gene Cloning and Genomics	p. 193
Director of the LMB	p. 203
Relinquishing the Directorship	p. 215
Life Outside the Laboratory
Finding New Opening Games	p. 227
Mounting a Human Genome Project	p. 233
California Bound	p. 247
Singapore	p. 261
Mentoring Again	p. 273
Enfant Terrible	p. 285
Reference Sources and Notes	p. 295
Index	p. 313
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