Conversations in genetics. Vol. 1, No. 4: Talking with Arno Motulsky.

Recorded on February 28, 2003, at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA., Mary-Claire King, American Cancer Society Professor of Medicine and Genome Sciences at University of Washington talks to Arno G. Motulsky, Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Genome Sciences, University of Washington. Motulsky is a founding father of Medical Genetics and Pharmacogenetics. His innovative work in red cell genetics demonstrated the role of G6PD enzyme deficiency in protection against malaria, and the successful use of marrow transplantation in treatment ofhereditary red cell disease in outbred mice. His landmark studies on the association of lipid disorders with coronary heart disease with Joseph Goldstein, and on the detection of subtle variants having altered colour perception with Samir Deeb, created important paradigms for understanding the genetics of complex human traits. Motulsky's prescient establishment of one of the first academic units to train medical geneticists and co-authorship of now classic textbooks in human genetics, continue to have a majror impact on the field.