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Pre-history of the laboratory of Genetics
"bacteriophage lambda has a head and a tail"
"its DNA has two arms: the left arm and the right arm"
Pre-history of the laboratory of Genetic: 1962-1973
dubbed "René Thomas and the Ten Little Niggers"
mid-prehistory milestone:
Between '62 and '66: flurry of papers?
NOTHING!!!
(Bull Acad Royale Belg, IF = 0,03Arch Int Physiol Bioch, IF = 0,002)
What was René doing during all those years?
answer: building up a lab… (a very time-consuming business)
"René, tu as une belle laboratoire" (Charles Radding)
Angels fly because they take themselves lightly.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
early prehistory:
small group of nomadic hunters
late prehistory:
large sedentary settlements
Ghysen A, Thomas R. The formation of sense organs in Drosophila: a logical approach.
Bioessays. 2003 Aug;25(8):802-7
Laboratoire de Neurog始師 ique
Major title to fame: control mechanisms in lambda, or boolean treatment?
Google…
René had (at least) four lifes: did he have nine?
open question… but we have some cues…
Vingt ans après…
Société Belge de Génétique: Amicale des Anciens Généticiens
Joseph et l'incendie
Les souliers de St Nicolas
La mutante
Musique: la belle Hélène, PDQ Bach