| RefNo | DRW/2/2/23 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Scientific correspondence between Douglas Robert Wilkie and Mary Joan Dawson |
| Creator | Wilkie; Douglas Robert (1922 - 1998); physiologist |
| Date | 1972-1996 |
| Description | File of correspondence between Wilkie and Mary Joan Dawson (1944-2017), physiologist who worked with Wilkie and David Gadian at UCL. She performed seminal studies using 31P NMR spectroscopy to study muscle metabolism, advancing novel hypotheses concerning the metabolic basis of skeletal muscle fatigue.
Includes letters discussing scientific work and publications in their field of study; a copy of a 1996 paper by Dawson et al on "Observation and Quantitation of Lactate in Oxidative and Glycolytic Fibers of Skeletal Muscles"; letter from Wilkie to Dr E. X. Albuquerque, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, University of Maryland, recommending Joan Dawson for a post in the Department; letters between Wilkie and William G. Van der Kloot, relating to Joan Dawson, pertaining to her CV and work, following her interest in a faculty position in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at University College London. |
| Extent | 1 File; 32 |
| Format | Typescript |
| PhysicalDescription | Carbon |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA4874 | Wilkie; Douglas Robert (1922 - 1998); physiologist | 1922 - 1998 |