Microbes at OHSU: History and Stories

In the mid-19th century, two seemingly unrelated sets of events were simultaneously unfolding: microbiology was taking its first steps as a science under the paternal guidance of Louis Pasteur, and Oregon was being admitted as the 33rd state of the Union. At the same time, the roots of the first medical school in the western United States were being planted in Oregon, which later evolved to become Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU). The medical school was founded in order to...
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In the mid-19th century, two seemingly unrelated sets of events were simultaneously unfolding: microbiology was taking its first steps as a science under the paternal guidance of Louis Pasteur, and Oregon was being admitted as the 33rd state of the Union. At the same time, the roots of the first medical school in the western United States were being planted in Oregon, which later evolved to become Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU). The medical school was founded in order to educate local medical doctors about the newly discovered microorganisms that were being found to give origin to many diseases. This book, Microbes at OHSU: History and Stories, follows the evolution of OHSU's present Molecular Microbiology and Immunology Department (MMI) in relation to global and local history. In addition to providing a chronological history of significant events, interesting incidents and anecdotes are interwoven with glimpses of the lives of the many faculty, members and individuals associated with the department since its earliest years.