pre-history of the laboratory of genetics. "bacteriophage lambda has a head and a tail"...

Pre-history of the laboratory of Genetics

"bacteriophage lambda has a head and a tail"

"its DNA has two arms: the left arm and the right arm"

Pre-history of the laboratory of Genetic: 1962-1973

dubbed "René Thomas and the Ten Little Niggers"

mid-prehistory milestone:

Between '62 and '66: flurry of papers?

NOTHING!!!

(Bull Acad Royale Belg, IF = 0,03Arch Int Physiol Bioch, IF = 0,002)

What was René doing during all those years?

answer: building up a lab… (a very time-consuming business)

"René, tu as une belle laboratoire" (Charles Radding)

Angels fly because they take themselves lightly.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

early prehistory:

small group of nomadic hunters

late prehistory:

large sedentary settlements

Ghysen A, Thomas R. The formation of sense organs in Drosophila: a logical approach.

Bioessays. 2003 Aug;25(8):802-7

Laboratoire de Neurog始師 ique

Major title to fame: control mechanisms in lambda, or boolean treatment?

Google…

René had (at least) four lifes: did he have nine?

open question… but we have some cues…

Vingt ans après…

Société Belge de Génétique: Amicale des Anciens Généticiens

Joseph et l'incendie

Les souliers de St Nicolas

La mutante

Musique: la belle Hélène, PDQ Bach