H. Boyd Woodruff, Joan W. Bennett, Douglas Eveleigh, Robert M. Goodman — School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
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H. Boyd Woodruff, Microbiologist Who Paved Way for Antibiotics, Dies at 99
Douglas E. Eveleigh – Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
In Memoriam: H. Boyd Woodruff (AG’43)
H. Boyd Woodruff (AG’43) Distinguished research scholar H. Boyd Woodruff passed away on January 19, 2017 at the age of 99. Woodruff studied under Selman Waksman as a graduate student in the Department of Microbiology and discovered the first antibiotic in Rutgers history, actinomycin, which has been used in treating Wilms Disease, a childhood cancer. […]
Rutgers Discovery That Changed the World May Become New Jersey’s State Microbe
Pending bill would honor bacterium that helps to cure tuberculosis A soil-based bacterium called Streptomyces griseus could become New Jersey’s official state microbe 75 years after Rutgers University–New Brunswick scientists discovered its ability to cure tuberculosis. The 1943 discovery at the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station defined Rutgers’ role as a leader in antibiotic research […]
