The early years—Across the bench from Bruce (1963–1966)

This personal reflection on the author's experience as Bruce Merrifield's first graduate student has been adapted from a talk given at the Merrifield Memorial Symposium at the Rockefeller University on November 13, 2006. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Biopolymers (Pept Sci) 90: 190–199, 2008. This article was originally published online as an accepted preprint. The “Published Online” date corresponds to the preprint version. You can request a copy of the preprint by emailing the Biopolymers editorial office at biopolymers@wiley.com