Dr. Terri Grodzicker: leading Genes & Development through 35 years of rapidly advancing molecular biology research

  1. Stephen T. Smale
  1. Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
  1. Corresponding author: smale{at}mednet.ucla.edu

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I am honored to have the opportunity to express my deepest appreciation for Dr. Terri Grodzicker's monumental role in leading the scientific journal Genes & Development through its formative years and, subsequently, through dramatic ongoing changes in molecular biology research and in the scientific publication landscape. Notably, Terri's contributions to science have extended well beyond G&D as a result of her own research and her diverse roles at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory that have further served the biological research community. Most significant for those external to CSHL is Terri's participation in the oversight of an impressive range of CSHL meetings and laboratory courses. For several decades, CSHL meetings and courses have had a major national and international impact through the dissemination of knowledge and experimental skills.

As a tribute to Terri's contributions, I offer a brief historical perspective that draws on my own experiences interacting with Terri in various capacities, including my role as a member of the G&D Editorial Board for more than 20 years and as an author of papers published in G&D. Like most historical accounts, my perspective extends beyond facts to personal experiences, but my experiences are undoubtedly consistent with those of many who have had the pleasure of interacting with Terri over the years.

The founding of G&D in 1987, followed soon thereafter by the appointment of Terri as the journal's Editor, coincided with the early stages of an explosion in the use of modern molecular biology techniques—including DNA cloning and a number of practical methods for the manipulation of nucleic acids and proteins—to elucidate the mechanisms controlling fundamental molecular processes in viruses and in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and organisms. Many of the key molecular biology techniques that drove this explosion were developed in the 1970s, but the expertise required to put them …

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