The Right Place at the Right Time

Adelberg, Edward A.

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“…I have to admit that at that time of my life, I really was not turned on to science, merely considering it as a means to a living wage-and having lived through the Great Depression, I considered a living wage very important. Although I didn't realize it then, the UC Berkeley Department of Microbiology was the best in the world at that time (1). I was assigned Dr. Roger Y. Stanier (65) as my Advisor and Dr. Herman Jan Phaff (57) as my Research Professor.…”

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“…He soon became my second mentor and caring friend for over 5 50 years. With the likes of teachers such as Mike Doudoroff and Edward Adelberg (1) in Microbiology, Horace Barker (7) and Arthur Pardee (54) in Biochemistry, Ralph Emerson in Botany, and Melvin Calvin in Chemistry, I was soon turned on to the "magic" of modern biology. It started then, and now at the age of 76, I am still turned on!…”

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Pickles, Pectin, and Penicillin

Demain

2004

Annu. Rev. Microbiol.

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■ Abstract My professional life has been devoted to the study of microbial products and their biosynthesis, regulation, and overproduction. These have included primary metabolites (glutamic acid, tryptophan, inosinic acid, guanylic acid, vitamin B 12 , riboflavin, pantothenic acid, ethanol, and lactic acid) and secondary metabolites (penicillin, cephalosporins, streptomycin, fosfomycin, gramicidin S, rapamycin, indolmycin, microcin B17, fumagillin, mycotoxins, Monascus pigments, and tetramethylpyrazine). Other areas included microbial nutrition, strain improvement, bioconversions of statins and β-lactams, sporulation and germination, plasmid stability, gel microdroplets, and the production of double-stranded RNA, the polymer xanthan, and enzymes (polygalacturonase, protease, cellulase). Most of the studies were carried out with me by devoted and hardworking industrial scientists for 15 years at Merck & Co. and by similarly characterized students, postdoctorals, and visiting scientists during my 32 years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I owe much of my success to my mentors from academia and industry. My recent research activities with undergraduate students at the Charles A. Dana Research Institute for Scientists Emeriti (R.I.S.E.) at Drew University have been very rewarding and are allowing me to continue my career. CONTENTS

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