Barbara Joyce Bachmann (May 16, 1924 – January 31, 1999) was a lecturer at Yale University, UC Berkeley, Columbia and NYU, and is best known as director of the E. coli Genetic Stock Center and for publishing editions of the standard E. coli K-12 genetic linkage map.
Barbara Bachmann | |
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| Born | Barbara Joyce Bachmann May 16, 1924 Fort Scott, Kansas, U.S.[1] |
| Died | January 31, 1999 (aged 74)[2][1] |
| Education | Baker University University of Kentucky |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
| Known for | E. coli K-12 genetic linkage map |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | E. coli Genetic Stock Center |
Education
editShe received her B.A. from Baker University in 1945, her M.S. from the University of Kentucky in 1947 and her Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1954.[3]
Employment
editThe E. coli Genetic Stock Center was established by Edward Adelberg at Yale University in 1971. Barbara Bachmann was initially hired as curator and later become director of the center until her retirement in 1995.[4] She was instrumental in both maintaining the strain collection but also standardizing the E. coli K-12 genetic map creating a common system for all K-12 researchers. She published 8 editions of the E. coli linkage map[5] as well a pedigree of common K-12 strains. One of her publications of the E. coli linkage map in 1983 and 1991 became one of the most cited articles in all of biology those years.[6]
Awards and honors
editBarbara Bachmann was honored with the J. Roger Porter Award in 1986 for her work curating the E. coli genetic stock center.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b Staff (February 2, 1999). Obituaries. Fort Collins Coloradoan. p. A4. Retrieved 2021-04-07 via ProQuest.
- ^ Barratt, Ray; Bennett, Sara Neville (1999). "Barbara J. Bachmann; Henry Branch Howe, Jr". Fungal Genetics Reports. 46. Fungal Genetics Stock Center. doi:10.4148/1941-4765.1230. S2CID 185398246.
- ^ asmadmin. "American Society for Microbiology". www.asm.org. Archived from the original on 2018-08-30. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
- ^ Adelberg, Edward A. (1998). "The Right Place at the Right Time". Annual Review of Microbiology. 52 (1): 1–40. doi:10.1146/annurev.micro.52.1.1. ISSN 0066-4227. PMID 9891792. S2CID 2602864.
- ^ Bachmann, Barbara J. (1990). "Linkage Map of Escherchia coli K-12, Edition 8". Microbiological Reviews. 54 (2): 130–197. doi:10.1128/MMBR.54.2.130-197.1990. PMC 372767. PMID 2194094.
- ^ "Yale Bulletin and Calendar - Current Issue". archives.news.yale.edu. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
- ^ "American Society for Microbiology". www.asm.org. Archived from the original on 2018-10-24. Retrieved 2018-08-29.