Microbial Evolution and Co-Adaptation: A Tribute to the Life and Scientific Legacies of Joshua Lederberg: Workshop Summary

by Institute of Medicine, Board on Global Health, Forum on Microbial Threats, Alison Mack, Eileen R. Choffnes

Overview

Dr. Joshua Lederberg - scientist, Nobel laureate, visionary thinker, and friend of the Forum on Microbial Threats - died on February 2, 2008. It was in his honor that the Institute of Medicine's Forum on Microbial Threats convened a public workshop on May 20-21, 2008, to examine Dr. Lederberg's scientific and policy contributions to the marketplace of ideas in the life sciences, medicine, and public policy. The resulting workshop summary, Microbial Evolution and Co-Adaptation, demonstrates the extent to which conceptual and technological developments have, within a few short years, advanced our collective understanding of the microbiome, microbial genetics, microbial communities, and microbe-host-environment interactions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780309131216
Publisher:	National Academies Press
Publication date:	05/10/2009
Pages:	330
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)