Singer, Maxine.

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  • 1931, Feb. 15: Born, New York, N.Y.
  • 1952: Married Daniel Morris Singer B.A., Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa.
  • 1956 - 1958 : Researched nucleic acids under Leon A. Heppel as a United States Public Health Service postdoctoral fellow, National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.
  • 1957: Ph.D. in biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
  • 1958 - 1974 : Researched RNA structure and synthesis and contributed to Marshall Nirenberg's work on deciphering the genetic code as a research chemist in biochemistry, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.
  • 1971 - 1972 : Studied simian virus 40 in Ernest Winocour's laboratory as visiting scientist, Department of Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
  • 1972 - 1982 : Editorial board member, Science magazine
  • 1973: Cochairman, Gordon Research Conference
  • 1975: Member of the organizing committee and cosigner of the summary statement of the Asilomar report, International (Asilomar) Conference on Recombinant DNA Molecules
  • 1975 - 1979 : Head, Nucleic Acid Enzymology Section, Laboratory of Biochemistry, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.
  • 1975 - 1990 : Trustee, Yale Corp., Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
  • 1978: Selected member, Board of Governors and Scientific Academic Advisory Committee, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
  • 1979 - 1987 : Chief, Laboratory of Biochemistry, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.
  • 1985 - 1994 : Director, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Mass.
  • 1986: Nominated academician by Supreme Pontiff, Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Vatican City
  • 1987 - 1988 : Research chemist, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.
  • 1988: Awarded Distinguished Presidential Rank Award
  • 1988 - 2002 : President, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C.
  • 1992: Awarded National Medal of Science
  • 1994: Founder, Carnegie Academy for Science Education, Washington, D.C.
  • 2007: Awarded National Academy of Science Public Welfare Medal

From the guide to the Maxine Singer Papers, 1950-2004, (bulk 1970-1995), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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referencedIn Horace Freeland Judson Collection, 1968-1978 American Philosophical Society
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associatedWith Asilomar Conference on Recombinant DNA Molecules. corporateBody
correspondedWith Baltimore, David person
correspondedWith Berg, Paul, 1926- person
associatedWith Bhargava, Pushpa M. person
associatedWith Burma, D. P. person
associatedWith Carnegie Institution of Washington. corporateBody
associatedWith Cohen, Stanley N. person
correspondedWith Djerassi, Carl person
associatedWith Frederickson, Donald S. person
associatedWith Fruton, Joseph S. (Joseph Stewart), 1912-2007 person
correspondedWith Grunberg-Manago, Marianne, 1921- person
associatedWith Hamer, Dean H. person
correspondedWith Heppel, Leon Alma, 1912- person
associatedWith Judson, Horace Freeland, 1931- person
correspondedWith Khorana, Har Gobind, 1922-2011 person
associatedWith Klee, Claude B. person
correspondedWith Kornberg, H. L. person
associatedWith Lederberg, Joshua. person
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associatedWith National Institutes of Health (U.S.) corporateBody
associatedWith Nirenberg, Marshall W. person
associatedWith Scrowronski, Jacek. person
correspondedWith Watson, James D., 1928- person
associatedWith Wu, Carl. person
associatedWith Yale University. corporateBody
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