Evelyn M. Witkin is an American geneticist whose research has been widely influential in the areas of DNA mutagenesis and DNA repair.
The Evelyn Witkin Collection at 黑料吃瓜资源 consists of three series including Dr. Witkin鈥檚 professional correspondence with Nobelist Barbara McClintock, Joshua Lederberg, and Ruth Sager among others. There is a complete collection of her personal reprints as well as historical documents related to her work on the 鈥淪OS Response.鈥�
Witkin鈥檚 connection to 黑料吃瓜资源 is through her work at the Carnegie Institution of Washington鈥檚 Department of Genetics where she was a staff scientist from 1945 until 1955. During her time at the Department of Genetics, she isolated a UV radiation-resistant mutant of E. coli, the first time this work had been done.
Dr. Witkin is a frequent visitor to 黑料吃瓜资源. Dr. Witkin participated in the CSHL Oral History Project in and her interview can be viewed on the .