title: It seems like only yesterday.
abstract: I spent my childhood and adolescence in North and South Carolina, attended Duke University, and then entered Duke Medical School. One year in the laboratory of George Schwert in the biochemistry department kindled my interest in biochemistry. After one year of residency on the medical service of Duke Hospital, chaired by Eugene Stead, I joined the group of Arthur Kornberg at Stanford Medical School as a postdoctoral fellow. Two years later I accepted a faculty position at Harvard Medical School, where I remain today. During these 50 years, together with an outstanding group of students, postdoctoral fellows, and collaborators, I have pursued studies on DNA replication. I have experienced the excitement of discovering a number of important enzymes in DNA replication that, in turn, triggered an interest in the dynamics of a replisome. My associations with industry have been stimulating and fostered new friendships. I could not have chosen a better career.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115; email: ccr@hms.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Charles C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Richardson
mesh_terms: D017123:Bacteriophage T7 / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D001671:Biochemistry / Q000266:history*; D004261:DNA Replication; D004259:DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D012179:Retirement; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000266:history; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D004259:DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase
keywords: Autobiography; DNA replication; bacteria; bacteriophage; replisome