Last days in the old radiation laboratory (ORL), Berkeley, California, 1954.
Govindjee, the founding editor of the Historical Corner of Photosynthesis Research, invited me 3 years ago to tell the story of why I left Melvin Calvin's laboratory in the mid 1950s long before the 1961 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Calvin for the path of carbon in photosynthesis. I have already written my scientific perspective on this topic (see Benson (Photosynth Res 73:29-49, 2002); also see Bassham (Photosynth Res 76:35-52, 2003) as he was also a major player in this research). Here, I present my recollections of my last days in the old radiation laboratory (ORL) at Berkeley, California. References have been added by Govindjee for the benefit of the readers.
Benson
Andrew A
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Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0202, USA. abenson@ucsd.edu
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Enzymologia. 1957 Sep 15;18(6):343-54
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Photosynth Res. 2003;76(1-3):35-52
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Fed Proc. 1954 Sep;13(3):697-711
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Photosynth Res. 2002;73(1-3):243-50
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J Biol Chem. 1950 Aug;185(2):781-7
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Science. 1948 May 7;107(2784):476-80
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Photosynth Res. 2002;73(1-3):29-49
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Arch Biochem. 1947 Aug;14(3):381-413
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