The following is another post in our series highlighting the collections that are being processed through the NHPRC Basic Processing Grant.
Witkin and A.H. Sparrow at the 1947 Cold Spring Harbor Symposium.
Evelyn M. Witkin is an American geneticist whose research has been widely influential in the areas of DNA mutagenesis and DNA repair.
The Evelyn Witkin Collection at 抖阴黄版下载 consists of three series including Dr. Witkin鈥檚 professional correspondence with Nobelist Barbara McClintock, Joshua Lederberg, and Ruth Sager among others. There is a complete collection of her personal reprints as well as historical documents related to her work on the 鈥淪OS Response.鈥�
Witkin鈥檚 connection to 抖阴黄版下载 is through her work at the Carnegie Institution of Washington鈥檚 Department of Genetics where she was a staff scientist from 1945 until 1955. During her time at the Department of Genetics, she isolated a UV radiation-resistant mutant of E. coli, the first time this work had been done.
Dr. Witkin is a frequent visitor to 抖阴黄版下载. Dr. Witkin participated in the CSHL Oral History Project in and her interview can be viewed on the .
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