title: The Rockefeller Foundation and the rise of molecular biology.
abstract: The Rockefeller Foundation began to support a systematic transfer of physico-chemical technology to experimental biology in the early 1930s. A close look at three key projects in the United Kingdom shows the impact and limits of private philanthropy on scientific innovation.
authors.affiliation: pgabir@fas.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Pnina G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Abir-Am
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes / Q000266:history*; D004247:DNA / Q000266:history; D005582:Foundations / Q000266:history; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008967:Molecular Biology / Q000266:history*; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins; D004247:DNA