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- 1953-2016 (Creation)
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Extent: 42+ boxes
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Includes: general correspondence (A-Z), papers re sequencing of S. Coelicolor genome, Practical Streptomyces Genetics manual, Streptomyces Club, Pfizer reports. material relating to talks given and meetings attended at conferences by DH.
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Admin History: Sir David Alan Hopwood FRS (born 19 August 1933) is a British microbiologist and geneticist: John Innes Professor of Genetics at the University of East Anglia and Head of the Genetics Department of the John Innes Institute. Known for his discovery of genetic recombination in streptomyces and for his extensive genetic analysis of this and other related organisms. Educated at St. John's College, Cambridge (BA) and University of Glasgow (PhD), 1973, he was elected fellow of the Royal Society in 1979. He is also the author of Streptomyces in Nature and Medicine: The Antibiotic Makers.; Mgt Group: Private Records