Edgar Ribi Papers 1950-1986

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Edgar Ribi Papers 1950-1986

This collection contains records generated and collected by Edgar Ribi over the course of his professional career as an academic, public employee, and for-profit researcher. The bulk of collection materials date from his years researching the fine structure of microbial cells, immunologically-active cell constituents, and vaccines for the National Institutes of Health (particularly at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Laboratory in Hamilton, Montana).

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Ribi, Edgar, 1920-1986

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Edgar Ribi was born September 5, 1920, in Zurich, Switzerland. Ribi attended the Bern Institute of Technology from 1937 to 1940. He graduated with a diploma in Chemical Engineering. Ribi then attended the University of Bern and received Ph.D's in chemistry, physics, and mineralogy between 1940 and graduated magna cum laude in 1948. His thesis was on chemistry, morphology, and the crystal structure of inorganic colloids, examined by electron microscopy and electron and x-ray diffract...

Ribi ImmunoChem Research, Inc.

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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (U.S.)

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National Institutes of Health (U.S.). Rocky Mountain Laboratory

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In response to the widespread geographic distribution of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, the Rocky Mountain Laboratory was established in Hamilton, Mont., in 1902 by the state of Montana for the Montana State Board of Entomology and the U.S. States Public Health Service. In 1928 a new building was constructed to serve the expanded work being done on Rocky Mountain spotted fever. The U.S. Public Health Service first leased and then purchased the building. In 1948, after a successful vaccine for the...

National Institutes of Health (U.S.)

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Brief biographies of selected NIH Directors: Rolla E. Dyer directed the National Institutes of Health from 1942 to 1950. Specializing in infectious diseases, Dyer joined the Public Health Service in 1916. As NIH Director he was instrumental in the establishment of the Clinical Center, the National Heart Institute, the National Institute of Dental Research, and the National Institute of Mental Health. An international authority on nutrition and dietary deficiency disease, William H. Sebrell began...