HMB200H1 Lecture Notes - Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, Gunther Stent, Sydney Brenner
9 Feb 2013
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Completed grade 4 at the age of 6. Conducted his own experiments in high school. Entered the university of witwatersrand at age 15 to study medicine. Was too young to start medical school, so he spent a year in a medical bsc program in anatomy and physiology. Continued to research in joseph gillman"s lab, who was a histologist. Completed an honours bsc and msc in cytogenetics (study of structure and function of chromosomes) Received his medical degree, but did not enjoy all of med school, wanted to be a researcher. Entered oxford university to pursue a phd in physical chemistry in the lab of cyril hinshelwood. Worked on bacteriophage (virus that affects bacteria) resistance in bacteria. One of the first people to see dna structure; became close friends with watson and crick. Travelled with watson across the u. s. visiting labs. Post-doc training in a bacteriophage biology lab at berkeley under the supervision of gunther.
