Christian R. H. Raetz Laboratory Notebooks, 1968-2008

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Summary

Creator:
Raetz, Christian Rudolph Herbert
Abstract:
Christian R. H. Raetz (1946-2011) was a former George Barth Geller Professor for Molecular Biology and chair of the Department of Biochemistry at Duke University Medical Center. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2006Contains laboratory notebooks and research materials of Dr. Christian R. H. Raetz from Harvard Medical School and books of former PhD and master's students from Duke University and University of Wisconsin. Major subjects include Duke University Department of Biochemistry and laboratory work. Materials range in date from 1968 to 2008.
Extent:
111.5 Linear Feet (74 cartons, 1 flat box)
Language:
English
Collection ID:
MC.0095

Background

Scope and content:

Contains laboratory notebooks detailing Raetz's research at Duke University Medical Center, the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1975-1994), and Harvard University (1968-1969). Materials range in date from 1968 to 2008.

Biographical / historical:

Christian Rudolf Hubert Raetz was born in 1946 in East Berlin. His parents were industrial chemists. In the early 1950s, Raetz's father was recruited by the Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation, and the family moved to Columbus, Ohio. Raetz earned his undergraduate degree in chemistry from Yale University (1967) and his MD and PhD degrees from Harvard University (1973). After graduation, he worked as a research associate at the National Institute of General Medical Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. In 1974, he joined the faculty of the biochemistry department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. From 1987 to 1993, Raetz left academia to join Merck Research Laboratories first as executive director of biochemistry and later as executive vice president of research in biochemistry and microbiology.
In 1993, Raetz and became the George Barth Geller Professor and Chair of Biochemistry at Duke University Medical Center. He served as chair until 2007, and remained on the faculty until his passing. His research interests include membrane biochemistry, biosynthesis of lipid A, endotoxin signaling, antibacterial antibiotics, and genomics of lipid diversity.
Raetz joined the Editorial Committee of the "Annual Review of Biochemistry" in 1992, and in 1996, he became an associate editor. He held this position until his death. He was also elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2006.
Raetz died on August 16, 2011.

Acquisition information:
Accession A2005.049 (gift, October 2005), Accession A2007.087 (gift, October 2007), Accession A2010.040 (gift, July 2010), Accession A2013.054 (gift, September 2013)
Processing information:

Processed by Archives staff: October 2005; encoded by Emily Glenn October 2005

Arrangement:
Organized into the following series: Laboratory Notebooks, 1968-2008
Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Duke University Medical Center Library's online catalog.
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This collection is closed to research. Contains Medical Center Administrative records. These include records of the officers of the University, as defined in the Bylaws, the deans of schools and colleges, and departments, institutes, and other offices as designated by the President. For a period of twenty-five years from the origin of the material, permission in writing from the director of the office of record and the Medical Center Archivist is required for use. After twenty-five years, records that have been processed may be consulted with the permission of the Medical Center Archivist. (Issued by the Office of the Chancellor, December 1, 1975).

Terms of access:

Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Christian R. H. Raetz Papers, Duke University Medical Center Archives.