Siddiqi's acceptance speech for the Rameshwardas National Award
Author
Siddiqi, Obaid
Date
16/03/1989
Type
Speech
Collection
MS-001
Location
Bombay
Subject
Rameshwardas Birla National Award
Language
English
Format
Typewritten on paper
Obaid Siddiqi's acceptance speech for the Rameshwardas Birla National Award. Siddiqi reflects with gratitude on his journey so far - from his school and college days, wherein he was first drawn to science, the influence of his uncle, a botanist, on his interests, and the guidance of Pontecorvo, Seymour Benzer, Alan Garen and Maurice Fox in shaping his beliefs on pure science and research and the opportunity to work at TIFR thanks to Dr Homi Bhabha's offer. Parallels are drawn between research on olfaction in Drosophila and the mutant phenotypes with congenital human disorders
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Siddiqi's acceptance speech for the Rameshwardas National Award, MS-001_6_1_55_4_0003-0005, Archives at NCBS
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