Jean Hanson | |
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| Born | Emmeline Jean Hanson 14 November 1919 Newhall, Derbyshire, England |
| Died | 10 August 1973 (aged 53) London, England |
| Alma mater | Bedford College, University of London King's College London |
| Known for | Sliding filament theory |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biophysics, Zoology |
| Institutions | King's College London Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Emmeline Jean Hanson FRS (14 November 1919 – 10 August 1973) was a biophysicist and zoologist known for her contributions to muscle research.[1][2][3] Hanson gained her PhD in zoology from Bedford College, University of London before spending the majority of her career at a biophysics research unit at King's College London, where she was a founder member, and later its second Head. While working at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, she, with Hugh Huxley, discovered the mechanism of movement of muscle fibre in 1954, which came to known as "sliding filament theory".[4] This was a groundbreaking research in muscle physiology, and for this BBC nicknamed her "Mrs Muscle" on the 50th anniversary of the discovery.[5]
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- ^ Randall, J. (1975). "Emmeline Jean Hanson. 14 November 1919 -- 10 August 1973". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 21: 312–344. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1975.0008. JSTOR 769685. PMID 11615719.
- ^ H. E. Huxley (May 2005). "Hanson, (Emmeline) Jean (1919–1973)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/31194. Retrieved 1 February 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Lehman, W; Craig, R (2004). "The structure of the vertebrate striated muscle thin filament: a tribute to the contributions of Jean Hanson". Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility. 25 (6): 455–66. doi:10.1007/s10974-004-3148-z. PMID 15630610. S2CID 30318351.
- ^ "'Mrs Muscle' moves science world". BBC. 22 May 2004. Retrieved 27 February 2014.