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"

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1 Pre-history of the laboratory of Genetics

2 "bacteriophage lambda has a head and a tail" "its DNA has two arms: the left arm and the right arm"

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

4 dubbed "René Thomas and the Ten Little Niggers" mid-prehistory milestone:

5 Between '62 and '66: flurry of papers? NOTHING!!! (Bull Acad Royale Belg, IF = 0,03 Arch Int Physiol Bioch, IF = 0,002) What was René doing during all those years?

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

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

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10 Angels fly because they take themselves lightly. Gilbert K. Chesterton

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12 early prehistory: small group of nomadic hunters late prehistory: large sedentary settlements

13 Ghysen A Ghysen A, Thomas R. The formation of sense organs in Drosophila: a logical approach. Thomas R Bioessays.Bioessays. 2003 Aug;25(8):802-7 Laboratoire de Neurog ique

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

15 René had (at least) four lifes: did he have nine? open question… but we have some cues…

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19 Vingt ans après…

20 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