This apparatus specification tells of an early stage in Gregory P. Winter's research.
In the late 1970s Winter went to Poland for a conference to raise awareness of new methods for mapping genes, DNA sequencing. At the conference, Soviet researchers told him how they prepared agarose gel, a gelatinous substance used in the sequencing. Inspired by what he learned, Winter developed a simple apparatus back home in Cambridge. However, those responsible for safety in the laboratory considered the apparatus dangerous and drew up specifications for a safer one. The photo shows an apparatus that no longer exists.
Gregory P. Winter donated the specification and the photograph to the Nobel Prize Museum in 2018.
