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Category: Deciphering the Genetic Code

A series that commemorates the 50th anniversary of Nirenberg’s Genetic Code Charts.

A banner reading "UUU are Great Marshall" hung in a hallway.

A Tribute to Marshall Nirenberg—David Serlin

March 20, 2015 Circulating Now Archives & Manuscripts, Collections, Deciphering the Genetic Code, Guests, Series One comment

On March 17, 2015, the National Library of Medicine held a special event, “A Tribute to Marshall Nirenberg,” the first of

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A screenshot from the turning the pages interactive shown highlighting the UUU cell on the chart.

A Tribute to Nirenberg—George Thoma

March 19, 2015 Circulating Now Archives & Manuscripts, Collections, Deciphering the Genetic Code, Series Leave a comment

On March 17, 2015, the National Library of Medicine held a special event, “A Tribute to Marshall Nirenberg,” the first of

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A group of about 20 people pose for a photograph outside.

A Tribute to Marshall Nirenberg—Myrna Weissman

March 18, 2015 Circulating Now Archives & Manuscripts, Collections, Deciphering the Genetic Code, Guests, News, Series Leave a comment

On March 17, 2015, the National Library of Medicine held a special event, “A Tribute to Marshall Nirenberg,” the first of

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At an elegant gathering Marshal Nirenberg is handed the Nobel Prize and Certificate by the King of Sweden.

A Tribute to Marshall Nirenberg—Frank Portugal

March 17, 2015 Circulating Now Archives & Manuscripts, Collections, Deciphering the Genetic Code, Guests, Series Leave a comment

Today, March 17, 2015, the National Library of Medicine held a special event, “A Tribute to Marshall Nirenberg,” the first of

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Nirenberg, ina lab coat, sitsin his office by a blackboard and a cart of molecule models.

A Tribute to Marshall Nirenberg

March 16, 2015 Circulating Now Archives & Manuscripts, Collections, Deciphering the Genetic Code, News, Series 2 comments

Tomorrow, March 17, 2015 the National Library of Medicine (NLM) will host the first of a “triplet” of events at

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A young man in a lab coat and plastic gloves holds up a glass tube in a laboratory.

Deciphering the Genetic Code: A 50 Year Anniversary

January 21, 2015 Circulating Now Archives & Manuscripts, Collections, Deciphering the Genetic Code, Series 7 comments

By Christie Moffatt Fifty years ago, on January 18, 1965, Dr. Marshall W. Nirenberg (1927–2010) completed his first summary of

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Detail of a large paper chart constructed of several pages taped together, handwritten in several colors of ink.

Preserving Nirenberg’s Genetic Code Chart

September 16, 2014 Circulating Now Archives & Manuscripts, Collections, Deciphering the Genetic Code, News One comment

By Kristi Wright and Holly Herro The National Library of Medicine is home to a series of very important documents

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