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Joan Mary Anderson 1932–2015 (2018)

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Joan Mary (Jan) Anderson pioneered the investigation of the molecular organisation of the plant thylakoid membrane, making seminal discoveries that laid the foundations for the current understanding of photosynthesis. She grew up in Queenstown, New Zealand, obtaining a BSc and MSc at the University of Otago in Dunedin. After completing her PhD at the University of California, she embarked on a glittering career at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and then Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra. Not only a gifted experimentalist, Jan was a creative thinker, not afraid to put her insightful and prophetic hypotheses into the public domain. Her many notable achievements include establishing the details and the physiological significance of lateral heterogeneity in the distribution of the two photosystems between stacked and unstacked thylakoid membranes and the dynamic changes in the extent of stacking that occur in response to changes in the light environment. Her investigations brought her into collaboration with prominent researchers throughout the world. Recognised with many honours as a leading scientist in Australia, international recognition included Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society of Photosynthesis Research, and Honorary Fellowships at Universities in the UK and USA.

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Authors & Contributors
Brouwer, Christine Elisabeth
Albuquerque, Sara
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
Higgins, Huntly G.
Hoppe, Brigitte
Höxtermann, Ekkehard
Journals
Historical Records of Australian Science
Acta Historica Leopoldina
Archives of Natural History
HOST: Journal of History of Science and Technology
Journal of the History of Collections
Kwartalnik Historii Nauki i Techniki
Publishers
Aracne
Edizioni ETS
MIT Press
Proefschrift Universiteit van Amsterdam
Concepts
Plant anatomy
Botany
Biographies
Science education and teaching
Morphology
Microscopy
People
Auzoux, Louis Thomas Jerôme
Brown, Robert
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
Grew, Nehemiah
Hales, Anton L.
Hooke, Robert
Time Periods
17th century
21st century
18th century
20th century, late
19th century
20th century
Places
Australia
Berlin (Germany)
Europe
France
Germany
Poland
Institutions
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) (Australia)
Australian National University
Uniwersytet Lwowski (Lwów, Poland)
Royal Society of London
Universidade do Porto
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