| Authorised form of name | Muir; Isabella Helen Mary (1920 - 2005) |
| Dates | 1920 - 2005 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 20/08/1920 |
| Date of death | 28/11/2005 |
| Research field | Biochemistry |
| Arthrology |
| Activity | Education:
Downe House; Somerville College, Oxford
Career:
Dunn's School of Pathology, Oxford; National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, 1948-1954 (carrying out research into porphyrin synthesis with Prof Albert Neuberger); Pearl Assurance Arthritis Fellow, St Mary's Hospital, London, 1954-1966 (research into arthritis, in particular the extracellular matrix of cartilage); Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Hammersmith, 1966-1990, Director 1977-1990 (established the molecular principles which form the foundation of the cartilage function and set in motion the molecular and cellular study of osteoarthritis); Honorary Professor, Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, 1979-1990.
Prizes:
Feldberg Foundation Award, 1977; Neil Hamilton Fairley Medal of the Royal Society of Physicians, 1981; Steindtler Award of the American Orthopedic Society, 1993
Honours:
CBE 1981
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 17/03/1977 |
| Age at election | 56 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
Council: 1982-1983 |
| Source | Sources:
Obituary in 'The Daily Telegraph' (15 December 2005) |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/47416547 |
| Code | NA3992 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/003209 | Muir, Isabella Helen May | nd |
| JV/11/7/149 | Letter from Helen Muir to Sir John Vane | 12 January 1984 |
| EC/1977/24 | Muir, Isabella Helen Mary: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 1974 |