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  title info:
    title: Holding hands with bacteria
    sub title: the life and work of Marjory Stephenson
  name:
    name part: Štrbáňová, Soňa
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: biography
  genre: Biographies.
  genre: Biography.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2016
    copyright date: 2016
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xx, 145 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm.
  abstract: This biographical brief outlines the remarkable life and career of British biochemist, Marjory Stephenson (1885-1948). In nine concise chapters, Štrbáňová describes Stephenson's scientific accomplishments and sets these against the socio-political challenges of the time. Stephenson played an important role in the development of biochemistry and molecular biology. She was one of the first scientists to use microorganisms as models for research into cellular biochemical processes and their regulation. Later she went on to coin the term chemical microbiology, which was communicated in her monograph and textbook "Bacterial Metabolism" (1930-1949). Stephenson also actively participated in the establishment of the institutionalized interdisciplinary field of general microbiology which integrated research into diverse forms of microorganisms at various levels of organization. Alongside these scientific achievements, Štrbáňová outlines Stephenson's constant battle with practices of undeclared discrimination, her important role as one of the first women science managers and organizers, and her influential position within the scientific community. A scientist of great merit and a role model to women scientists of all disciplines, the life of Marjory Stephenson is of interest to biochemists, molecular biologists, historians of the chemical and biological sciences, and women scientists of all generations.
  table of contents: Early Years -- Becoming Hopkins' Associate -- Fruitful Years: What Alice Found in the Microbes -- Between the Medical Research Council and the Biochemistry Department -- The Rise of Nazism in Germany and the Second World War -- Post-war Activities: Recognition and Honours -- From Chemical Microbiology to General Microbiology -- Stephenson's personality -- Conclusions: What is Left Behind -- Supplements.
  note: Soňa Štrbáňová.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
  subject:
    geographic code: e-uk---
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Stephenson, Marjory
      name part: 1885-1948
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Stephenson, Marjory
      name part: 1885-1948
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Stephenson, Marjory
      name part: 1885-1948
  subject:
    topic: Women biochemists
    geographic: Great Britain
    genre: Biography
  subject:
    topic: Biochemistry
  subject:
    topic: Microbiology
  subject:
    geographic: United Kingdom
  subject:
    topic: Women biochemists
  subject:
    geographic: Great Britain
  classification: QP511.8.S74 S77 2016
  classification: 572.092
  classification: 2016 G-632
  classification: WZ 100
  related item:
    title info:
      title: SpringerBriefs in molecular science
      part name: History of chemistry
  identifier: 9783662497340
  identifier: 3662497344
  identifier: 9783662497364
  identifier: 2016934952
  record info:
    record content source: NLM
    record creation date: 160826
    record change date: 20181218105314.0
    record identifier: in00003904252
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng