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Title: SYMPOSIUM: DISCOVERY AND INVENTION IN CONTEMPORARY CHEMISTRY. Part III: Using Deadly Cone Snails to Understand Nervous Systems.
Identifier(s): video:471; 2005_04_005
Description: Dr. Olivera shows that by studying chemistry of compounds of biological systems, we can not only learn their biological contexts, but we can also gain insights into the evolutionary history of those compounds.
Subject: Applied Science; History of Science; Chemistry; Biology; Snails; Evolution; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2005-04-28

Title: Ephraim Joseph Fuchs - Correspondence, 1980
Identifier(s): text:223509
Subject: Luria, S. E. (Salvador Edward), 1912-1991; Biology; reference letters; recommendation letters
Date: 1980

Title: The Next Influenza Pandemic?
Identifier(s): video:804; 2007_11_005
Description: Dr. Morse presents a lecture on how influenza spreads and how we can slow it down. He discussed vaccines, as well as how influenza can suprise specialists.
Subject: History of medicine; History of Science; Biology; Pandemics; Virology; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2007-11-09

Title: Life at the Speed of Light
Identifier(s): video:1304; 2014_11_004
Description: Dr. Venter talks via video from La Jolla, California. He describes his research in genome science.; Further reading: http://opac.amphilsoc.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=235274
Subject: History of Science; Science, Social aspects; Biology, Philosophy; Artificial life; Genomics; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2014-11-06

Title: Amphibians: Harbingers of a Biodiversity Crisis:;
Identifier(s): video:1257;
Description: ; ; Dr. Wake talks about the state of planet from the viewpoint of Amphibians. What can they tell us about the importance of biodiversity?; Further reading: Scientific American, vol.272, no.4 (1995) pp. 52-57
Subject: ; History of Science; Amphibians; Climate Change; Biodiversity; Extinction (Biology); APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2014-04-24

Title: Barbara McClintock standing outside, building in background.
Identifier(s): graphics:1915; APSimg7275; Graphics Number: U5-2-41.24
Description: Full lenght view of McCintock standing outside.; Photograph taken during Ninth Symposium on Quantitative Biology -- Genes and Chromosome Structure, 1941.
Source: Milislav Demerec Papers (Mss.B.D394); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.D394-ead.xml
Subject: Genetics; Symposium on Quantitative Biology, Cold Spring Harbor; McClintock, Barbara, 1902-1992
Date: 1941

Title: Mosquitoes and Why They Matter
Identifier(s): video:1382
Description: Dr. Vosshall talks about mosquitoes and their place in the animal world. She also examines how the Zika virus has spread throughout the world.
Subject: History of Science; Mosquitoes; Biology, Research; Zika virus, History.; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2016-04-29

Title: L. J. Stadler and S. Luria standing outside laughing.
Identifier(s): graphics:1872; APSimg7255; Graphics Number: U5-2-41.4
Description: 3/4 length view of two men standing outside building.; Photograph taken during Ninth Symposium on Quantitative Biology -- Genes and Chromosome Structure, 1941.
Source: Milislav Demerec Papers (Mss.B.D394); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.D394-ead.xml
Subject: Genetics; Stadler, L. J. (Lewis John), 1896-1954; Symposium on Quantitative Biology, Cold Spring Harbor
Date: 1941

Title: C. B. Davenport walking on beach, water in background.
Identifier(s): graphics:1909; APSimg7272; Graphics Number: U5-2-41.21
Description: Full length view of Davenport walking on beach.; Photograph taken during Ninth Symposium on Quantitative Biology -- Genes and Chromosome Structure, 1941.
Source: Milislav Demerec Papers (Mss.B.D394); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.D394-ead.xml
Subject: Genetics; Symposium on Quantitative Biology, Cold Spring Harbor; Davenport, Charles Benedict, 1866-1944
Date: 1941

Title: Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des mollusques, tant des espèces qu'on trouve aujourd'hui vivantes que des dépouilles fossiles de celles qui n'existent plus
Identifier(s): text:338; APSimg6482; Goodman Number: 221; 973 C683 No. 86
Description: Prospectus for work begun by Jean-Baptiste de Férussac and completed by his son, André-Etienne, and G.-P. Deshayes. The last fascicle of the work was not published until 1851.
Creator: Férussac, André-Etienne-Just-Pascal-Joseph-François d'Audebard, baron de, 1786-1836
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Biological Science; Broadside Subdivision: Zoology; Marine biology; Aquatic animals
Date: [ca. 1819]

Title: Demerec on the beach in bathing suit with man and woman.
Identifier(s): graphics:1863; APSimg7268; Graphics Number: U5-2-41.17
Description: Demerec sitting on beach in bathing suit, next to a man and woman.; Hand written note on album page beneath photograph: "The director admits he has gained weight." Photograph taken during Ninth Symposium on Quantitative Biology -- Genes and Chromosome Structure, 1941.
Source: Milislav Demerec Papers (Mss.B.D394); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.D394-ead.xml
Subject: Genetics; Symposium on Quantitative Biology, Cold Spring Harbor; Demerec, M. (Milislav), 1895-1966
Date: 1941

Title: Why Don’t We Get More Cancer
Identifier(s): video:1611
Description: Dr. Bissell talks about the processes in developemental biology. How are tumors like organs? Why do our organs and other body parts "know" to stop growing?; Further reading: Nature Medicine volume 17 (2011). pages 320–329.
Subject: History of Science; Cancer, Research; Tumors; Developmental biology; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2019-11-08

Title: Race Crossing in Jamaica
Identifier(s): text:239295
Subject: Davenport, Charles Benedict, 1866-1944; Eugenics; Race, race relations, racism; Biology, genetics, eugenics
Date: 1928-11-08

Title: Calvin Bridges, bust, profile, informal, seated in lab also known as "Fly room" at Columbia University Department of Biology, ca. 1920.
Identifier(s): APSimg2084; APSimg2084; Negative Number: 1151; Graphics Number: F8-3-12
Description: Columbia no. 19.
Source: Columbia University - Department of Biology (Mss.B.C698);
Subject: Genetics; Geneticists; Bridges, Calvin B. (Calvin Blackman), 1889-1938; Columbia University. Department of Biology; Laboratories
Date: [ca. 1920]

Title: Impacts and Evolution: Protecting Earth from Asteroids
Identifier(s): video:955; 2008_11_005
Description: Dr. Morrison's lecture describes how NASA proposes to protect Earth from asteroid collisions. He also discusses how these collisions might effect evolution on Earth.
Subject: History of Science; Extinction (Biology); Asteroids; Collisions with Earth; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2008-11-13

Title: J. Schultz and C. Stern standing outside, ivy covered building in background.
Identifier(s): graphics:1870; APSimg7261; Graphics Number: U5-2-41.10
Description: Full length view of two men standing outside.; Photograph taken during Ninth Symposium on Quantitative Biology -- Genes and Chromosome Structure, 1941.
Source: Milislav Demerec Papers (Mss.B.D394); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.D394-ead.xml
Subject: Genetics; Stern, Curt, 1902-1981; Symposium on Quantitative Biology, Cold Spring Harbor
Date: 1941

Title: L. J. Stadler and C. Stern, sitting outside in covernsation.
Identifier(s): graphics:1856; APSimg7260; Graphics Number: U5-2-41.9
Description: Full length view of two men sitting on wodden chairs.; Hand written note on album page beneath photograph: "Plans being laid by L. J. Stadler and C. Stern." Photograph taken during Ninth Symposium on Quantitative Biology -- Genes and Chromosome Structure, 1941.
Source: Milislav Demerec Papers (Mss.B.D394); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.D394-ead.xml
Subject: Genetics; Stadler, L. J. (Lewis John), 1896-1954; Stern, Curt, 1902-1981; Symposium on Quantitative Biology, Cold Spring Harbor
Date: 1941

Title: Important to naturalists, scientific institutions, &c. ...Just published, price one guinea to subscribers--thirty shillings to non-subscribers, The natural history of the order Cetacea, and the oceanic inhabitants of the Arctic regions.
Identifier(s): text:320; APSimg6481; Goodman Number: 219; 973 C683 No. 160
Description: Advertisement for a work published in 1834 by this London physician and naturalist. Originally enclosed in a letter (APS Archives; March 19, 1835) from the Verulam Philosophical Society of London of which Dewhurst was the president.
Creator: Dewhurst, H. W. (Henry William)
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Biological Science; Broadside Subdivision: Zoology; Natural history; Marine biology; Arctic regions
Date: [ca. 1835]

Title: Symposium on Newly Acquired Jefferson Letters for the APS Library. Part III: The "Great Claw" and the Science of Thomas Jefferson.
Identifier(s): video:1041; 2010_04_004
Description: Keith Thomson talks about Jefferson's scientific thoughts and his personal battle with the french Count Buffon. In 1796, Jefferson received a letter announcing a discovery of bones of a large animal (the giant sloth).
Subject: History of Science; Extinction (Biology); Imagocnus; Miocene sloth; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, Views on science; Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2010-04-22

Title: L. C. Dunn, B. Ephrussi, C. Stern sitting outside, building in background.
Identifier(s): graphics:1873; APSimg7253; Graphics Number: U5-2-41.2
Description: Two men sitting, one leaning against a low wall, building in background.; Hand written note on album page above photograph: "The Ninth Symposium on Quantitative Genes and Chromosome Structure, June 18 - July 2."
Source: Milislav Demerec Papers (Mss.B.D394); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.D394-ead.xml
Subject: Genetics; Dunn, L. C. (Leslie Clarence), 1893-1974; Stern, Curt, 1902-1981; Ephrussi, Boris, 1901-1971; Symposium on Quantitative Biology, Cold Spring Harbor
Date: 1941