NIH 1998 Almanac/Lectures and Nobel Laureates/
The R. E. Dyer Lectures
To honor Dr. Rolla Eugene Dyer, former NIH director, the R. E. Dyer Lectureship was founded when he retired in September 1950. Lectureship awards are made for outstanding contributions to medical or biological knowledge, and the recipient chooses his subject. The following lectures have been given.
| Date |
Title |
Presenter |
June 21, 1951
| "Genetic Control of Metabolism"
|
George W. Beadle |
October 29, 1952
| "The Virus and the Cell"
|
Sir F. MacFarlane Burnet |
October 22, 1953
| "The Gold-Headed Cane in the Laboratory"
| Rene J. Dubos |
November 17, 1954
| "Recent Observations on the Behavior of Tissue Culture of Certain Viruses Pathogenic for Man"
|
John Franklin Enders |
January 31, 1956
| "The Properdin System"
|
Louis Pillemer |
February 19, 1957
| "The Natural History of Plague and Psittacosis""
| Karl F. Meyer |
November 5, 1957
| "Influenza: History, Epidemiology and Speculation"
|
Richard E. Shope |
December 16, 1958
| "Microbial Persistence and Latency"
|
Walsh McDermott |
December 1, 1959
| "Immunofluorescence"
|
Albert H. Coons |
November 15, 1960
| "Epidemiologic Models in Vector-Borne Disease Studies"
|
George Macdonald |
January 10, 1962
| "Messages in Macromolecules"
|
Rollin D. Hotchkiss |
April 24, 1963
| "How Does a Virus Work"
|
Salvador E. Luria |
April 29, 1964
| "The Malignant Transformation of Cells by Viruses"
|
Harry Rubin |
April 7, 1965
| "The Territory of Epidemiology"
|
Alexander D. Langmuir |
April 27, 1966
| "Viral Oncogenesis or Subversion at the Cellular Level"
|
Karl Habel |
April 26, 1967
| "Development and Involution of Lymphoid Tissue and Immunologic Capacities"
|
Robert Alan Good |
April 24, 1968
| "Test-tube Studies of a Self-Duplicating RNA Molecule"
|
Sol Spiegelman |
April 9, 1969
| "Viral and Cellular Interactions: The Mechanisms of Actions of Supraoptimal Temperature on the Development of Poliovirus"
|
André Lwoff |
December 17, 1969
| "Cell Selection and Cooperation in the Immune Response"
|
Baruj Benacerraf |
May 12, 1971
| "Mechanism of Cell Transformation by DNA and RNA Tumor Viruses"
|
Maurice Green |
April 19, 1972
| "The Inflammatory Response: Appreciation of Amplification and Control Mechanisms"
|
K. Frank Austen |
January 24, 1973
| "Influenza: The Last of the Great Plagues--Genetic Approaches to the Understanding and Control of an Infectious Disease"
|
Edwin K. Kilbourne |
February 6, 1974
| "The Replication and Possible Origin of RNA Viruses With a DNA Polymerase"
|
Howard M. Temin |
November 6, 1974
| "Kuru"
|
D. Carleton Gajdusek |
September 29, 1976
| "Selective Expression of I Region Genes in Lymphocyte Subpopulations"
|
Hugh O. McDevitt |
May 31, 1978
| "Influenza Virus: Recent Insights and Prospects for Effective Control"
|
Robert M. Chanock
| October 18, 1978
| "Gene Transfer in Mammalian Cells"
|
Frank Ruddle |
March 14, 1979
| "Structural and Genetic Approaches to the Study of Antibody Complementarity"
|
Elvin A. Kabat |
February 25, 1981
| "Somatic Variation in Immunoglobulin Production by Mouse Myeloma Cells"
|
Matthew D. Scharff |
May 12, 1982
| "The Three-Dimensional Structure of the Antibody Molecule: Specificity and Diversity"
|
Michael Potter, David Davies |
December 14, 1983
| "Human Tumor Viruses: The Search for Some Is Over"
|
Robert C. Gallo |
May 1, 1985
| "Malaria: Cell Surface Proteins as Receptors and Immunogens"
|
Louis H. Miller |
April 23, 1986
| "The Immunoglobulin Gene Superfamily and Biological Instrumentation"
|
Leroy E. Hood |
March 11, 1987
| "Molecular Basis of Viral Virulence"
|
Bernard N. Fields |
May 18, 1988
| "Mechanism of Peptide Hormone Signalling: An Immunological Gene Model"
|
Marian E. Koshland |
February 14, 1990
| "Petroviruses: Where did They Come From, and Where Are They Going?"
|
Malcolm A. Martin |
May 7, 1991
| "A Comparative Analysis of T Cell Development"
| Max D. Cooper |
April 14, 1992
| "The Alpha Beta T Cell Repertoire in Health and Disease"
|
Philippa Marrack |
January 4, 1995
| "Macromolecular Associations and Signal Transduction"
|
Henry Metzger
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