Identity area
Reference code
DE 2324 C-OH-3
Title
Jacques Dubochet
Date(s)
- 2016-11-03 (Creation)
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File
Extent and medium
One audio file (.WAV) and one digital file (.PDF)
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
In this interview, Jacques Dubochet who won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry descibes his work as a group leader at EMBL Heidelberg. This interview contains Dubochet's description of the research environment in which he developed cryo-EM sample preparation and vitrification. Furthermore, the interview contains some information about Dubochet's early life and career as well as his assessment of the current state of science, especially with regard to genetic editing.