Papers relating to the Genetics Symposia in Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan, held 06-12 September 1956 and subsequent conferences and research in the USA, 1955-1957
Scope and Contents
The material also contains correspondence concerning the publication of the proceedings of various conferences.
Dates
- Creation: 1955-1957
Creator
- From the Series: Waddington, Conrad Hal, 1905-1975 (embryologist and professor of animal genetics, University of Edinburgh) (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open, subject to the researcher completing a Data Protection undertaking form wherever noted.
Biographical / Historical
While in America at this time, Waddington attended various events, including the Work Conference on Physiology of Insect Development, Growth and Metamorphosis at Macdonald College, Canada (14-16 August 1956) and the Conference on Environmental Influences of Pre-Mammalian Development, Bar Harbor, Maine (02-04 August 1956). Waddington received a grant from the University of Edinburgh to subsidise his attendance at the International Institute of Embryology at Brown University, Massachussetts (23-26 July 1956) and to conduct research at the Marine Laboratory, Wood's Hole, on the mechanism of cell differentiation.
Full Extent
1 folder
Physical Location
CLX-A-1059
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk