Vol. 41, No. 1, January 2012
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New San Francisco Foundation is Telling the Story of Biotechnology
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New San Francisco Foundation Is Telling the Story of Biotechnology
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The Life Sciences Foundation (LSF) is a San Francisco-based public charity established in 2010 by historian of science Arnold Thackray, founder and Chancellor Emeritus of the Chemical Heritage Foundation. LSF's mission is to record, preserve, and make known the history of the life sciences and to share that history with institutions and organizations engaged in complementary heritage projects. LSF's initial project is focused on the history of biotechnology.
The Foundation is collecting oral histories from pioneers in the biotechnology industry. The oral history initiative is spearheaded by Sally Smith Hughes, well-known for her work with the Regional Oral History Office of the Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley.
LSF is also locating and rescuing original documentary materials, including personal and professional correspondence, company records, laboratory notebooks, regulatory filings and notices, photographs, and audio and video recordings. Collected materials will be made available to scholars, journalists, educators, and the general public in a digital archive.
The LSF website offers a rich collection of historical resources to students, teachers, scholars, policymakers, and the general public, including articles, videos, and a digital archive of oral history transcripts and major academic institutions.
LSF is also preparing a range of publications (e.g., a quarterly magazine, scholarly articles, white papers, and books) focused on the emergence and evolution of biotechnologies in pharmaceutical discovery and development, agriculture, energy production, and environmental remediation.
In November, LSF hosted a reception and book signing celebrating the release of Sally Smith Hughes' book Genentech: The Beginnings of Biotech by the University of Chicago Press. More academic events including lectures and conferences are planned in 2012.
LSF works in close affiliation with the Chemical Heritage Foundation. Other academic affiliations include Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Library, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Smithsonian Institution, UC Berkeley Regional Oral History Office, UCLA, Johns Hopkins University, University of California, San Diego, and Wellcome Trust.
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For more information visit www.biotechhistory.org