Research training at Rutgers
Bugie studied microbiology at New Jersey College for Women and became a master’s student in Waksman’s Rutgers laboratory. Her 1944 thesis investigated antibiotic production by Aspergillus flavus and Chaetomium cochliodes, reflecting research beyond streptomycin alone.
Testing and authorship
Bugie confirmed streptomycin’s antimicrobial activity and coauthored the 1944 first report. Rutgers’s history includes her with Schatz and Waksman in the discovery team. Her absence from the patent, despite this paper authorship, has also been examined in historical research on recognition of the work.
Other antimicrobial research
Bugie investigated additional microbial antibacterial substances and activity against plant pathogens, and later worked at Merck. She used the surname Gregory after marriage. Her daughter’s accounts to researchers have supplied further evidence about her education, work and family life.
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