Dr Johnson’s House Lunchtime Lecture Series, sponsored by Fleet Street Quarter. Join us on Thursday March 28th for our lunchtime lecture as we celebrate remarkable women in the month of March. Johnson was a great advocate of female intellectual thought and the importance of the work of women, literary and scientific. being widely known and read in print. Come along in March to discover the life and work of a remarkable woman in the field of science.
Discover the extraordinary life – and talent – of scientist June Dalziel Almeida (1930 – 2007), a Scottish virologist, a pioneer in virus imaging and identification. Working for years in various London hospitals, her skills in electron microscopy earned her an international reputation and her modes of analysis are still used to this day.
Her research contributed to the early diagnosis of hepatitis B, HIV, and rubella, among other viral diseases, but she is best remembered more widely for identifying viruses that were previously unknown, including—in 1966—a group of viruses that was later named coronavirus due to their crown-like appearance.
Katie Dabin is Curator of Medicine at the Science Museum and is part of the team who delivered the extraordinary permanent exhibition there, Medicine: The Wellcome Galleries. Katie is passionate about medical imaging and medical research, and cares for collections ranging from biochemistry to radio medicine and psychology. Prior to leading on the Medicine and Bodies gallery, Katie delivered creative projects including: the Who Am I? gallery (2010), First Time Out regional partnership exhibition project (2013) and contributed to The Medicine Cabinet (Carlton, 2019) and the Brought to Life history of medicine website (2009).
Lunch will be provided to enjoy during the talk. You will also have the opportunity to explore the House afterwards, should you have enough time. The lecture will run 12:45 – 13:45. Please let us know of any dietary requirement at least 48 hours in advance if possible.
Image: June Almeida in 1963 at the Ontario Cancer Institute in Toronto. In her day, she gained a reputation for “extending the range of the electron microscope to new limits.” Credit…Norman James/Toronto Star, via Getty Images & The New York Times.
