Esther M. Zimmer Lederberg
Luria, Salvador; Luria, Zella: 1975
Esther M. Zimmer Lederberg did plasmid and other aspects
of the genetics of various strains of Escherichia coli
including K-12. However, Esther M. Zimmer Lederberg also
did genetic research of Salmonella typhimurium
including research collaboration with such people as
B. A. D. Stocker and S. Cohen (see Esther M. Zimmer
Lederberg's published papers). Other researchers who
Esther M. Zimmer knew well who specialized in similar
investigations included the following:
- Adelberg, E. A.
- Anderson, E. S.
- Arber, W.
- Baron, L. S.
- Bertani, G.
- Clowes, R. C.
- Datta, N.
- Frédérique, P.
- Fukasawa, T.
- Hirota, Y.
- Jacob, F.
- Luria, S. E.
- Mäkelä, P. H.
- Meynell, E.
- Meynell, G. G.
- Stocker, B. A. D.
- Takano, T.
- Watanabe, T.
- Weigle, J.
Relevant papers with their references include the following:
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"Study of the association of resistance to two drugs in a transferable determinant
in Salmonella typhimurium" by E. S. Anders, Marianne V. Kelemen,
Christine M. Jones and J.-S. Pitton, Genet. Res., Camb (1968), 11, pp. 119-121.
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"Change of host range in a resistance factor" by E. S. Anderson and E. J. Threlfall,
Genet. Res., Camb. (1970), 16, pp. 207-214.
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"Derepression of F-lac in Salmonella typhimurium by a determinant
for kanamycin resistance" by H. R. Smith, June N. Grindley, N. D. F. Grindley and
E. S. Anderson, Genet. Res., Camb. (1970), 16, pp. 349-353.
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"The effects of Salmonella typhimurium on derepressed mutants of F-like
factors" by N. D. F. Grindley, E. S. Anderson, H. R. Smith, and June N. Grindley,
Genet. Res., Camb. (1971), 17, pp. 89-93.
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"Fertility Inhibition in strains of Salmonella typhimurium" by E. S. Anderson
and H. R. Smith, Molec. Gen. Genet. (1972), 118, pp, 79-84.
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"Characterisation of Derepressed Mutants of an F-like R Factor" by N. D. F. Grindley,
June N. Grindley, H. R. Smith, and E. S. Anderson, Molec. Gen. Genet. (1973), 120,
pp. 27-34.
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"The characterization of plasmids in the enterobacteria" by E. S. Anderson and
E. J. Threlfall, J. Hyg. Camb. (1974), 72, p. 471.
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Salvador Luria and Esther at home: October 18, 1975
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Salvador Luria, Esther, and Zella Luria at Esther's home: October 18, 1975
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Zella Luria, Barbara Dornburch and Sandy Dornburch at Esther's home, October 18, 1975
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Salva and Zella Luria at 1345 Cowper Street
Palo Alto, California, Wednesday, October 1, 1975
Salvador Luria ("Lu" to Esther Lederberg) was a friend of Joshua
Lederberg. However, their attitudes towards the humanities might
be said to be diametrically opposed.
As a Jew, Salvador Luria was barred by Mussolini from leaving Fascist
Italy. Luria escaped to Paris from Italy in 1938. Upon the NAZI
invasion of France in 1940, he fled Paris to Marseille by bicycle,
emigrating to the United States. Upon entry to the U.S., he received
a recommendation from Enrico Fermi to study at Columbia University.
As a Jew confronting anti-Semitism, and as an opponent of Fascism,
Salvador Luria's views about the importance of the humanities were
well-formed. In 1985 he said scientists who "exile themselves from
the arena of social struggles" were failing the societies they were
supposed to serve. As Dr. Luria said in 1985, "I made up my mind
that as a citizen I would be an active participant in American
politics, taking advantage of the democratic opportunities that were
not available to me in Italy." Dr. Luria opposed oppression and was
openly critical of both the American intervention in Vietman and
the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. As a consequence of his outspoken
independence, in 1969 (the same year he was co-awarded a Nobel prize)
Dr. Luria was briefly placed on a Federal blacklist of 48 scientists,
created by the National Institutes of Health (parent body of the NLM).
Salvador Luria's views towards the humanities and their immediate
relevance to political affairs, contrasts sharply with the views and
work of Joshua Lederberg. Joshua Lederberg made every effort not to
oppose McCarthyism, and every effort to support the U.S. government,
no matter how questionable those policies might have been. Joshua
Lederberg's views towards the humanities were strongly supported by
his great weakness in these areas (based upon his own stated views of
his strengths and weaknesses). Others who knew Joshua Lederberg held
less kind opinions.