Additional Information

• Rene Dubos' last essay

• There is a wonderful article on Rene Dubos titled Friend of the Good Earth by Carol L. Moberg, which is excerpted from her book of the same title. The article appeared in 1989 for The Rockefeller University Research Profiles, a series of scientific profiles that were published quarterly, from 1980-1990, by the Rockefeller University. Each issue featured the research and achievements of an individual Rockefeller University scientist.

• The Rita and Frits Markus Library at Rockefeller University held an exhibition from April – June, 2006 called The Life of René Dubos: Choosing to Be Human featuring early photos and chronology.

• René Dubos: unearthing antibiotics by Heather L. Van Epps, in The Journal of Experimental Medicine from The Rockefeller University Press, 2006 February 20, discusses how in 1939, René Dubos discovered gramicidin—the first clinically tested antibiotic agent. This discovery helped revive the stalled interest in penicillin and launched the era of antibiotics.

• Righting the antibiotic record from Science17 November 1989: Vol. 246 no. 4932 pp. 883-884.
  

• Rene Dubos' obituary in the New York Times published February 21, 1982.

• Reason for Optimism, a widely reprinted essay, first published in 1982 in the United Airlines in-flight magazine.

• A profile from the National Academies Press: Rene Jules Dubos, 1901—1982, A Biographical Memoir by James G. Hirsch and Carol L. Moberg.