- Subtitle:
- Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences: Charles N. Serhan
- Series:
- Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences
- Topic:
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Science, Medicine, and Technology
- Interviewer:
- Hathaway, Neil D.
- Interviewee:
- Serhan, Charles N.
- Supporting Documents:
- Records relating to the interview are located in the office of the UCLA Library's Center for Oral History Research.
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- Regents of the University of California, UCLA Library.
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series, sponsored by the Pew Charitable Trusts, document the research of "outstanding scientists from quality institutions" chosen by the Pew Scholars Program to receive four-year stipends.
- Abstract:
- Childhood in Brooklyn; learns the vibraphone and plays professionally; develops a passion for science and majors in biochemistry at State University of New York at Stony Brook; graduate education at New York University; works in the Gerald Weissmann lab; inspired by Michael Heidelberger; research on neutrophil remodeling and inflammation; Weissmann's interest in phagocytosis; visiting scientist at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm; research on neutrophils and platelet clotting; studies the role of lipoxins in regulating inflammation; accepts a position at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, and Harvard Medical School; difference between science in Sweden and in the United States; interest in the history of science and scientific biography.