Alma Joslyn Whiffen-Barksdale | |
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| Born | 1916 |
| Died | 1981 |
| Alma mater | University of North Carolina |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany Mycology |
| Institutions | Upjohn New York Botanical Garden |
Alma Joslyn Whiffen-Barksdale (October 25, 1916 – July 5, 1981) was an American mycologist who discovered cycloheximide. She was born in Hammonton, New Jersey. She received a bachelor's degree from Maryville College (1937). Her Masters (botany, 1939) and Ph.D. (botany and mycology, 1941) were earned at the University of North Carolina. In 1941–42. She was a Carnegie Fellow, and in 1951, she was a Guggenheim Fellow. Barksdale worked at the Department of Antibiotic Research of the Upjohn Company of Kalamazoo, Michigan (1943–52) and at the New York Botanical Garden.[1] Barksdale became a foundational figure in the study of Achlya, a genus of aquatic fungi with a unique reproductive system, while working at the New York Botanical Garden; The Mycological Society of America[2] and the Achlya Newsletter, a publication of continuing research on Achlya, both published retrospectives on her life and work following her death in 1981.[3]
- ^ "Alma Whiffen Barksdale (1916-1981)". Smithsonian Institution Archives. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
- ^ Lindsay, Olive (1982). "Alma Whiffen Barksdale, 1916-1981". Mycologia. 74 (3): 359–362. doi:10.1080/00275514.1982.12021519. JSTOR 3792956.
- ^ Achlya Newsletter. (1981). Barksdale, Alma Whiffen, Vertical File Collection. The Luesther T. Mertz Library, The New York Botanical Garden. March 1, 2017.