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Or will the scientist’s 200th birthday be his last hurrah?
During the mid- to late 19th century, Pasteur demonstrated that microorganisms cause disease and discovered how to make vaccines from weakened, or attenuated, microbes. He developed the earliest vaccines against fowl cholera, anthrax, and rabies.
The history of pasteurization and the controversy surrounding it demonstrate the complexity of milk as a chemical substance.
The science historian will be honored for his contributions to the history of alchemy on October 7 in Philadelphia.
The French philosopher and historian will be honored for her contributions to the history and philosophy of chemistry on November 6 in Paris.
The organic chemist is being honored for his research on the life and work of Louis Pasteur.
The story of Louis Pasteur and the development of the rabies vaccine.
Albert Edelfelt broke the rules when he painted his friend Louis Pasteur in the scientist’s natural element.
This exhibition reveals the unexpected in student laboratory notebooks and course materials.
Memory, materials, and the history of science in the Eugene Garfield Papers.
A physician who studied bacteria, Petri’s name became associated with small covered dishes that are essential to laboratory research in the life sciences.
An early champion of women’s health and antiseptic medicine.
A digital and outdoor exhibition exploring the nearly 100-year-old book that influenced generations of scientists.
The bacteriologist and Microbe Hunters author sensationalized science for popular audiences.
How World War II changed the way we eat.
How heat can make it cooler.
Optimize your Beckman Center fellowship application with this guide to the application process and selection criteria.
Understanding past attitudes toward science and medicine through children’s books.
After Alexander Fleming’s 1928 discovery of penicillin, Florey and Chain’s further research enabled the testing and production of the drug.
Pioneers of rational drug design, Hitchings and Elion produced effective drugs for such illnesses as leukemia, gout, and malaria.
The Beckman Center has hosted over 400 scholars from all parts of the world through its fellowships and programs.
By monitoring sewage, scientists can track disease outbreaks in near real time. But will the technology leave long-term privacy risks in its wake?
Follow blood thinner warfarin’s unlikely journey from moldy clover and cow killer to lifesaving drug.
Baking homemade bread anchors us to millennia-long traditions.
How Joseph Lister’s application of germ theory revolutionized surgery in the mid-19th century.
A simple invention that saved lives and led to the discovery of a hidden form of life.
Smallpox, polio, and the political and scientific haggling behind two medical triumphs.
In the 1920s author Paul de Kruif turned science into an adventure story.
Nobel laureate Paul Ehrlich conducted groundbreaking research on the body’s immune response and introduced the concept of a “magic bullet.”
After Alexander Fleming’s 1928 discovery of penicillin, Florey and Chain’s further research enabled the testing and production of the drug.