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This scientist and collaborator of Marie Laurent (“laur-ON”) told his family never to reveal his laboratory notebooks to anyone as he often gave misleading accounts of his discoveries. Researchers from a European institute named for this scientist were jointly awarded a 2008 Nobel Prize for discovering HIV. This scientist corresponded with John Tyndall and boiled meat broth in a swan neck flask to disprove the theory (10[1])of spontaneous generation. (10[1])A process named for this scientist involves heating a liquid to (10[1])70 degrees Celsius to inactivate enzymes that cause spoilage. For 10 points, name this French scientist (10[1])and “father of microbiology,” who names a process that makes it safe to drink (10[1])milk. ■END■

ANSWER: Louis Pasteur [accept pasteurization; accept Pasteur Institute or Institut Pasteur] (The researchers in the second line are Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier.)
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TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
UK (North)UK5100%0%82.20
UK (South)UK7100%43%82.29
Northern CaliforniaUS4100%25%72.25
Southern CaliforniaUS7100%14%72.14
Eastern Canada (1)US5100%0%75.60
Eastern Canada (2)US9100%11%77.33
FloridaUS4100%25%90.50
Great LakesUS12100%33%82.83
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS9100%0%73.22
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS10100%10%80.80
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS2100%0%80.50
MidwestUS9100%0%67.89
NorthUS4100%0%81.00
NortheastUS11100%18%74.36
PacificUS8100%25%82.50
SoutheastUS13100%15%80.31
Upstate NYUS6100%50%81.33