Unidad documental simple RM/4/3/1 - Correspondence with David Lipkin

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Correspondence between Roy Markham, Virus Research Unit (VRU), Cambridge and David Lipkin, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Washington, St Louis, Missouri, USA: To the Sec., ARC, London from the Sec, Dept. of Scientific and Industrial Research, London, re approved OEEC Senior Visiting Fellowship for David Lipkin, purpose and grant details, 8 April 1960. Bundle of letters between RM and the ARC re David Lipkin's visit to the VRU, expenses, times etc, Jun-Aug 1960. Bundle of letters re. Lipkin's visit to VRU in summer 1960 on a Senior Visiting Fellowship, including a report paper on 'work carried out in collaboration with Prof. D Lipkin in the summer of 1960' 4 pp, by RM, c Oct 1960. DL (and Jinny Lipkin) to RM (and Maggie Markham), 22 Dec 1960: family and work news. RM to DL, 29 Dec 1960: Charles Lowe's results on ammonium cyanide, new amino acid analyser, Bob Hazelkorn, work on nucleic acid of TYM. RM to DL, 19 Jun 1961: enquiry about solvent. DL to RM, 19 Feb 1962: work on paper on cyclic sulfite and esters of polymethylene, description of recent experiments preparing phosphoric acid, diagram of structure of compound, news from Waldo [Cohen], description of a new light filter, family news. RM to DL, 5 Mar 1962: work with Mick Johnson on turnip yellow mosaic virus nucleic acid by ethanol, coding. DL to RM, 15 May 1962: comments on various experiments, findings of 'cyclic adenylic acid in RNAse digests', suggestions in looking for Me3PO4 or Et3 PO4, meeting with Leon Heppel, work on iodoguanosine, talk and visit to Gobind in Madison, family news. RM to DL, 5 Oct 1962: accepts invitation to St Louis, arrival at VRU of Waldo [Cohen], work with EF acid. RM to DL, 22 Nov 1962: plan to visit St Louis, degradation of RNA by HF, anhydrous hydrazinolysis experiment, Waldo [Cohen], John Sowden. RM to DL, 3 Dec 1962: visa for visit to UK, HF degradation, Leon H[eppel] on deamination. DL to RM, 19 Dec 1962: plans for visit, hydrazinolysis experiment, Leon [Heppel] and poly-AC RM to DL, 6 Jul 1963: following RMs visit to St Louis, answers DL query on relative merits of cyclicnucleitide compounds and linear ones, mentions work of David Dunn, Jack Hitchborn and Mick Johnson. DL to RM, 27 Jan 1967: family news (Lipkin's son stayed with the Markhams in 1966), work, teaching, and research news, mentions Tom Cori, other general news, for example, Reagan's detrimental effect on the school system (Ronald Reagan was 33rd governor of California from 1967 to 1975), Paper: 'Determination of the Base Composition of RNA' by David Lipkin and J W Abrell, 23 Oct 1962.