Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Julius Jackson Julius Jackson
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Other authors / contributors: | Jackson, Julius, 1944- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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Sound characteristics: | digital
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Digital file characteristics: | video file
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Notes: | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. Larry Crowe, interviewer. Recorded Detroit, Michigan 2012 October 24. Vendor-supplied metadata.
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Summary: | Microbiologist and professor Julius Hamilton Jackson was born on January 6, 1944 in Kansas City, Missouri. He received his A.B. and Ph.D. degrees in microbiology from the University of Kansas-Lawrence in 1966 and 1969, respectively. Jackson completed a National Institute of Health (NIH) Postdoctoral Fellowship from 1969 to 1971 at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. Following completion of the NIH fellowship, he continued work at Purdue University as a postdoctoral research associate. In 1972, Jackson accepted an appointment at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee where he worked in various positions that included as chair of the microbiology department. In 1987, he joined the faculty of Michigan State University as a professor in the department of microbiology and molecular genetics and as assistant dean for graduate student affairs. Jackson directed the J-Lab, a research laboratory that incorporates mathematical and computer models to analyze the function of bacterial genes in cells.
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