Harvey Society Lectures

The Harvey Society was founded on April 1, 1905, by New York scientists and physicians who met at the home of physiologist Graham Lusk. The group included Samuel J Meltzer, William H Park, Edward K Dunham, James Ewing, Frederick S Lee, Christian Herter, Simon Flexner, George B Wallace, Theodore C. Janeway, Phoebus A. Levene, and Eugene L Opie.

The stated purpose of the society was to forge a "closer relationship between the purely practical side of medicine and the results of laboratory investigation."

Since its founding, the Harvey Society has sponsored an annual series of lectures given by leading biomedical researchers, including more than sixty scientists from The Rockefeller University. The lectures reflect "the evolution of physiology and physiological chemistry into biochemistry and the development of molecular biology from the roots of bacteriology and biochemistry.”

Presented here are Harvey Society Lectures delivered by Rockefeller University faculty.

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James Darnell, Jr., 1973

The Rockefeller University

James E. Darnell, Jr. The origins of mRNA and the structure of the mammalian chromosome

Lecture delivered September 20, 1973

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Gerald Edelman, 1973

The Rockefeller University

Gerald M. Edelman. Antibody structure and cellular specificity in the immune response

Lecture delivered January 18th, 1973

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Bruce Merrifield, 1971

The Rockefeller University

Bruce Merrifield. The chemical synthesis of an enzyme

Lecture delivered November 18th, 1971

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Maclyn McCarty, 1969

The Rockefeller University

Maclyn McCarty. The streptococcal cell wall

Lecture delivered December 18th, 1969

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Norton Zinder, 1966

The Rockefeller University

Norton D. Zinder. Phage RNA as genetic material

Lecture delivered September 22, 1966

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Merrill W. Chase, 1966

The Rockefeller University

Merrill W. Chase. Hypersensitivity to simple chemicals

Lecture delivered April 21, 1966

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Christian de Duve, 1963

The Rockefeller University

Christian de Duve. The separation and characterization of subcellular particles.

Lecture delivered November 21, 1963

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Henry Kunkel, 1964

The Rockefeller University

Henry G. Kunkel. Myeloma proteins and antibodies

Lecture delivered March 16, 1964

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Paul Weiss, 1959

The Rockefeller University

Paul Weiss. The biological foundations of wound repair.

Lecture delivered October 15, 1959

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Stanford Moore and William H. Stein, 1957

The Rockefeller University

Stanford Moore and William H. Stein. Determinations of the structure of proteins: studies on ribonuclease.

Lecture delivered February 21, 1957

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Keith Porter, 1956

The Rockefeller University

Keith R. Porter. The submicroscopic morphology of protoplasm

Lecture delivered March 15, 1956

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Frank L. Horsfall, Jr., 1952

The Rockefeller University

Frank L. Horsfall, Jr. Experiments on chemical alteration of virus infections.

Lecture delivered November 20, 1952

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