Biochemistry laboratory
Date
1954
Object type
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 121mm
width (print): 165mm
width (print): 165mm
Subject
Content object
Description
The interior of a biochemistry laboratory, possibly at Imperial College.
Helen Kemp Porter was given a grant by the Nuffield foundation in 1953 which she used to set up a laboratory at Imperial College for the study of enzyme systems and the metabolism in living plant tissue. She equipped it with new technologies in biochemistry, including chromatography and radioactive biochemicals.
Helen Kemp Porter (1899-1987) was a plant physiologist and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1956.
Helen Kemp Porter was given a grant by the Nuffield foundation in 1953 which she used to set up a laboratory at Imperial College for the study of enzyme systems and the metabolism in living plant tissue. She equipped it with new technologies in biochemistry, including chromatography and radioactive biochemicals.
Helen Kemp Porter (1899-1987) was a plant physiologist and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1956.
Object history
From a collection of photographs of Arthur St George Joseph McCarthy Huggett and Helen Kemp Porter, presented to the Royal Society for duplication by Jean Adams in June 2016.
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