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...reviewed Shakespeare scholar Stephen J. Greenblatt's family situation with him to figure out when he might accept Harvard's longstanding tenure offer. (He did this fall, after his youngest child graduated from high school). And I've conversed with Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences Matthew S. Meselson about his place on the notorious Nixon "enemies" list...
...Meselson studied questions of how DNA chains replicate and found that the chains come apart and each makes a new partner. His studies with Frank Stahl on replication led to the Meselson-Stahl model of DNA recombination, now a fixture in genetics textbooks...
...Finally, Meselson has examined the idea of suppression, or how mutations can be compensated for each other...
...Meselson, a graduate of the University of Chicago, first came to Harvard in 1961. Starting as an associate professor, he was promoted to Cabot professor in 1976. He served as chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from...
...Meselson has also done work in public policy, applying the problems of science to warfare and international security. His work earned him a place on the notorious Nixon "enemies" list, along with then-Harvard president Derek...