RefNoDRW/2/2/15
LevelFile
TitleGeneral scientific and professional correspondence file of Douglas Robert Wilkie for the year 1979
CreatorWilkie; Douglas Robert (1922 - 1998); physiologist
Date1979
DescriptionLetters received and sent by Wilkie in 1979 comprising discussion on how to arrange and administer the Sharpey Scholarship; difficulties associated with Wilkie wishing to take full advantage of the Senior Fellowship offered to him by the Science Research Council; arrangements for Dr. D. W. Seldin, Dallas, Wilkie's friend from Yale University, to visit London; an exchange between Dr Ione Polacow and Wilkie following Polacow's letter about ph measurements on dystrophic systems; arrangements for Dr David I Hoult to lecture under the auspices of the 'London Biological NMR Group'; official confirmation of Wilkie's appointment of Acting Head of the Department of Physiology at University College London; letters and documents pertaining to Setsuro Ebashi's application for the JSPS/RS Post-Doctoral Fellowship for Research in Japan; letter from Dr. Alan Fersht, Department of Chemistry, Imperial College, relating to Wilkie's book on "Enzyme Structure and Mechanism"; letters between Wilkie and Lawrence Stark, hoping to arrange for Stark to give a talk at UCL on the topic of "Multi-level Control of Saccadic Eye Movements"; letter from Avraham Oplatka pertaining to correlation between the "Baroenthropic effect" and the extra heat rate observed by Wilkie in the first tenths of a second in a tetanus at 0 degrees.
Extent1 File; 72p
FormatPrinted
Typescript
Manuscript
PhysicalDescriptionCarbon
Ink on paper
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA4874Wilkie; Douglas Robert (1922 - 1998); physiologist1922 - 1998
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