Lea K. Bleyman Papers 1958-2006

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Lea K. Bleyman Papers 1958-2006

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The protistologist Lea Bleyman has conducted research into the genetics, mating systems, and life cycles of ciliates, including , , and . After completing a dissertation under Tracy Sonneborn in 1966, Bleyman spent many years on the faculty of the Department of Natural Sciences at Baruch College, serving as and officer and President (2001-2002) of the Society of Protozoologists. The Bleyman Papers contain conference materials, lab and research notes, abstracts of talks and papers, along with some correspondence, photographs, and personal materials. The earliest materials in the collection relate to her years as a student in Sonneborn's lab. Paramecium Tetrahymena Blepharisma

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Bernard M. Baruch College

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Nanney, David Ledbetter, 1925-

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Bleyman, Lea K.

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Sonneborn, T. M. (Tracy Morton), 1905-1981

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