Series 8 - Research

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UTA 1779-8

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Research

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  • 1953-1994 (Creation)

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0.26 m of textual records

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(1917-2002)

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This series is divided into four sections: correspondence regarding research on medical, drug, and poisonous plants, with files on Laetril and vitamins; files on the basic research course on radio-isotopes that Professor Sim took at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, in 1966; research grant applications; and experimental research databooks. The NRC grants were for Professor Sim’s ongoing research on ergot (Claviceps) fungus: the first focussing on the enzyme activity in cultured tissues, and the second on its metabolism (see file on experiments in ‘pHPP colorimetric work,’ /014(05)).

The correspondence files are extensive and there are numerous databooks. The latter do not appear to be complete in all cases as there are gaps in the numbered experiments. The databooks B-I and II and the ‘W” series are inter-related and cover experiments on the calibration of Warburg flasks and monometers that were carried out at the Universities of Washington and British Columbia. The remaining data was compiled during experiments at the University of Toronto. These databooks contain research on histamines and tyrosine, to mention the most prominent, and there are two books of data for Professor Sim’s writings on Claviceps.

The databooks are grouped by number, where provided, and generally in chronological order. Nearly all are from the 1950s and the 1960s.

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      B2009-0017/012(07)-/015(05)

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