Evelyn Witkin (Rutgers): The SOS Response in Bacteria

[@douglhf]

I'm forever grateful for Witkin's work

[@nbme-answers]

Preserving the vitality, curiosity & devotion of our scientific tradition. Thank you, iBiology.

[@ingridrealealves3520]

Thank you so much. I worked with SOS response in my Ph.D. and this video makes my heart so warm! I cannot thank you guys enough

[@dfghj241]

fantastic! thanks for the upload!

[@jssluis8472]

Thanks for these videos🙏

[@ivo3185]

So inspiring! I was really surprised to find out that scientists used to think bacteria didn't have genes though haha

[@patldennis]

I'm not sure how widespread that idea was, or whether microbiologists were lagging that far behind other "-ologists" like Drosophila geneticists. Gene work was conceptualized in Drosophila and the fact DNA rather than protein was the genetic material was actually figured out using bacteria and phage. Griffiths early work (pre WWII) showed that something could transfer pathogenicity from heat killed virulent strep to living non virulent strains, so I'm not really sure what she meant by that comment.

[@joedellaselva1251]

Why hasn't Dr. Witkins been presented with the Nobel Prize for Physiology/Medicine? It's purpose is for the discoveries in physiology or medicine that lead to benefit for humankind. Why isn't President Brachi advancing her nomination? The 2019 award was given to researchers "for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability." That's nice BUT better than what Witkins has accomplished?

[@faycalaissa4222]

thank you

[@blessedglasgow7548]

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