Set of Glass Slides of Virus Structures by Dr June Almeida

Set of glass slides of virus structures taken on an electron microscope, with 3 index books, by Dr June Almeida, 1960-1980

June Almeida (née Hart) was an internationally renowned virologist who pioneered new electron microscopy methods for imaging and diagnosing viruses. June, with her colleagues, identified and named the first coronavirus in 1964, observing a round, grey dot covered in tiny spokes that formed a halo around the virus—like the sun’s corona. This collection relates to her work as a virologist.

Born June Hart in 1930, she lived with her family in a tenement building in Glasgow, Scotland. At 16, she left school without funding to go to university and started working as a lab technician at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, where she used microscopes to help analyse tissue samples. She later emigrated to Canada, where she worked at the Ontario Cancer Institute in Toronto, developing new techniques in electron microscopy to image viruses. Amongst her scientific achievements was the first visualisation of the rubella virus, imaging hepatitis viruses, and developing the technique of antibody clumping to visualise common cold viruses. June finished her career at the Wellcome Research Laboratory, where she worked on developing diagnostic assays and vaccine development. She retired in 1985, where her career took a different direction as she qualified as a yoga teacher.

Details

Category:
Biochemistry
Object Number:
1993-75/2
Materials:
glass, paper (fibre product), plastic (unidentified), cardboard and textile
Measurements:
slide (each): 81 mm x 100 mm x 1 mm, .028 kg
overall (box): 105 mm x 145 mm x 328 mm,
box: 107 mm x 347 mm x 144 mm, 4.755 kg
record of prints and slides: 11 mm x 111 mm x 155 mm, .139 kg
blue index book: 16 mm x 116 mm x 175 mm, .198 kg
E. M. plates book: 15 mm x 127 mm x 200 mm, .227 kg
type:
lantern slides and books
credit:
Almeida, J.

Parts

Indexes for Prints and Slides of Virus Structures by Dr June Almeida

Indexes for Prints and Slides of Virus Structures by Dr June Almeida

Three index books recording details of prints and slides of virus structures taken by Dr June Almeida on an electron microscope, 1960-1980.

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June Almeida (née Hart) was an internationally renowned virologist who pioneered new electron microscopy methods for imaging and diagnosing viruses. June, with her colleagues, identified and named the first coronavirus in 1964, observing a round, grey dot covered in tiny spokes that formed a halo around the virus—like the sun’s corona. These slide index books relate to her work as a virologist.

Born June Hart in 1930, she lived with her family in a tenement building in Glasgow, Scotland. At 16, she left school without funding to go to university and started working as a lab technician at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, where she used microscopes to help analyse tissue samples. She later emigrated to Canada, where she worked at the Ontario Cancer Institute in Toronto, developing new techniques in electron microscopy to image viruses. Amongst her scientific achievements was the first visualisation of the rubella virus, imaging hepatitis viruses, and developing the technique of antibody clumping to visualise common cold viruses. June finished her career at the Wellcome Research Laboratory, where she worked on developing diagnostic assays and vaccine development. She retired in 1985, where her career took a different direction as she qualified as a yoga teacher.

Materials:
paper (fibre product) and textile
Object Number:
1993-75/2/1
type:
books
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass Slides of Virus Structures by Dr June Almeida

Glass Slides of Virus Structures by Dr June Almeida

Box of glass slides of virus structures taken on an electron microscope by Dr June Almeida, 1960-1980.

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June Almeida (née Hart) was an internationally renowned virologist who pioneered new electron microscopy methods for imaging and diagnosing viruses. June, with her colleagues, identified and named the first coronavirus in 1964, observing a round, grey dot covered in tiny spokes that formed a halo around the virus—like the sun’s corona. These slides relate to her work as a virologist.

Born June Hart in 1930, she lived with her family in a tenement building in Glasgow, Scotland. At 16, she left school without funding to go to university and started working as a lab technician at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, where she used microscopes to help analyse tissue samples. She later emigrated to Canada, where she worked at the Ontario Cancer Institute in Toronto, developing new techniques in electron microscopy to image viruses. Amongst her scientific achievements was the first visualisation of the rubella virus, imaging hepatitis viruses, and developing the technique of antibody clumping to visualise common cold viruses. June finished her career at the Wellcome Research Laboratory, where she worked on developing diagnostic assays and vaccine development. She retired in 1985, where her career took a different direction as she qualified as a yoga teacher.

Materials:
glass , paper (fibre product) and cardboard
Object Number:
1993-75/2/2
type:
lantern slides
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass slides of virus structures taken on an electron microscope by Dr June Almeida, 1960-1980.

Glass slides of virus structures taken on an electron microscope by Dr June Almeida, 1960-1980.

Glass slides (removed from box) of virus structures taken on an electron microscope by Dr June Almeida, 1960-1980.

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June Almeida (née Hart) was an internationally renowned virologist who pioneered new electron microscopy methods for imaging and diagnosing viruses. June, with her colleagues, identified and named the first coronavirus in 1964, observing a round, grey dot covered in tiny spokes that formed a halo around the virus—like the sun’s corona. These slides relate to her work as a virologist.

Born June Hart in 1930, she lived with her family in a tenement building in Glasgow, Scotland. At 16, she left school without funding to go to university and started working as a lab technician at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, where she used microscopes to help analyse tissue samples. She later emigrated to Canada, where she worked at the Ontario Cancer Institute in Toronto, developing new techniques in electron microscopy to image viruses. Amongst her scientific achievements was the first visualisation of the rubella virus, imaging hepatitis viruses, and developing the technique of antibody clumping to visualise common cold viruses. June finished her career at the Wellcome Research Laboratory, where she worked on developing diagnostic assays and vaccine development. She retired in 1985, where her career took a different direction as she qualified as a yoga teacher.

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
1993-75/2/2/1
type:
lantern slides
Part of:
1993-75/2/2

Box containing slides of virus structures taken on an electron microscope by Dr June Almeida, 1960-1980.

Box containing glass slides of virus structures taken on an electron microscope by Dr June Almeida, 1960-1980.

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June Almeida (née Hart) was an internationally renowned virologist who pioneered new electron microscopy methods for imaging and diagnosing viruses. June, with her colleagues, identified and named the first coronavirus in 1964, observing a round, grey dot covered in tiny spokes that formed a halo around the virus—like the sun’s corona. These slides relate to her work as a virologist.

Born June Hart in 1930, she lived with her family in a tenement building in Glasgow, Scotland. At 16, she left school without funding to go to university and started working as a lab technician at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, where she used microscopes to help analyse tissue samples. She later emigrated to Canada, where she worked at the Ontario Cancer Institute in Toronto, developing new techniques in electron microscopy to image viruses. Amongst her scientific achievements was the first visualisation of the rubella virus, imaging hepatitis viruses, and developing the technique of antibody clumping to visualise common cold viruses. June finished her career at the Wellcome Research Laboratory, where she worked on developing diagnostic assays and vaccine development. She retired in 1985, where her career took a different direction as she qualified as a yoga teacher.

Materials:
glass , cardboard and paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
1993-75/2/2/2
type:
box and slides
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1993-75/2/2
Slides of Virus Structures by Dr June Almeida

Slides of Virus Structures by Dr June Almeida

Box of two inch slides of virus structures taken on an electron microscope by Dr June Almeida, 1960-1980.

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June Almeida (née Hart) was an internationally renowned virologist who pioneered new electron microscopy methods for imaging and diagnosing viruses. June, with her colleagues, identified and named the first coronavirus in 1964, observing a round, grey dot covered in tiny spokes that formed a halo around the virus—like the sun’s corona. These slides relate to her work as a virologist.

Born June Hart in 1930, she lived with her family in a tenement building in Glasgow, Scotland. At 16, she left school without funding to go to university and started working as a lab technician at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, where she used microscopes to help analyse tissue samples. She later emigrated to Canada, where she worked at the Ontario Cancer Institute in Toronto, developing new techniques in electron microscopy to image viruses. Amongst her scientific achievements was the first visualisation of the rubella virus, imaging hepatitis viruses, and developing the technique of antibody clumping to visualise common cold viruses. June finished her career at the Wellcome Research Laboratory, where she worked on developing diagnostic assays and vaccine development. She retired in 1985, where her career took a different direction as she qualified as a yoga teacher.

Materials:
glass , plastic (unidentified) and cardboard
Object Number:
1993-75/2/3
type:
lantern slides
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Slides of Virus Structures by Dr June Almeida

Slides of Virus Structures by Dr June Almeida

Box of two inch slides of virus structures taken on an electron microscope by Dr June Almeida, 1960-1980.

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June Almeida (née Hart) was an internationally renowned virologist who pioneered new electron microscopy methods for imaging and diagnosing viruses. June, with her colleagues, identified and named the first coronavirus in 1964, observing a round, grey dot covered in tiny spokes that formed a halo around the virus—like the sun’s corona. These slides relate to her work as a virologist.

Born June Hart in 1930, she lived with her family in a tenement building in Glasgow, Scotland. At 16, she left school without funding to go to university and started working as a lab technician at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, where she used microscopes to help analyse tissue samples. She later emigrated to Canada, where she worked at the Ontario Cancer Institute in Toronto, developing new techniques in electron microscopy to image viruses. Amongst her scientific achievements was the first visualisation of the rubella virus, imaging hepatitis viruses, and developing the technique of antibody clumping to visualise common cold viruses. June finished her career at the Wellcome Research Laboratory, where she worked on developing diagnostic assays and vaccine development. She retired in 1985, where her career took a different direction as she qualified as a yoga teacher.

Materials:
glass , plastic (unidentified) and cardboard
Object Number:
1993-75/2/4
type:
lantern slides
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass Slides of Virus Structures by Dr June Almeida

Glass Slides of Virus Structures by Dr June Almeida

Three glass slides in paper sheaths showing virus structures, taken on an electron microscope by Dr June Almeida, 1960-1980.

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June Almeida (née Hart) was an internationally renowned virologist who pioneered new electron microscopy methods for imaging and diagnosing viruses. June, with her colleagues, identified and named the first coronavirus in 1964, observing a round, grey dot covered in tiny spokes that formed a halo around the virus—like the sun’s corona. These slides relate to her work as a virologist.

Born June Hart in 1930, she lived with her family in a tenement building in Glasgow, Scotland. At 16, she left school without funding to go to university and started working as a lab technician at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, where she used microscopes to help analyse tissue samples. She later emigrated to Canada, where she worked at the Ontario Cancer Institute in Toronto, developing new techniques in electron microscopy to image viruses. Amongst her scientific achievements was the first visualisation of the rubella virus, imaging hepatitis viruses, and developing the technique of antibody clumping to visualise common cold viruses. June finished her career at the Wellcome Research Laboratory, where she worked on developing diagnostic assays and vaccine development. She retired in 1985, where her career took a different direction as she qualified as a yoga teacher.

Materials:
glass and paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
1993-75/2/5
type:
lantern slides
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Slides of Virus Structures by Dr June Almeida

Slides of Virus Structures by Dr June Almeida

Nine slides showing virus structures, taken on an electron microscope by Dr June Almeida, 1960-1980.

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June Almeida (née Hart) was an internationally renowned virologist who pioneered new electron microscopy methods for imaging and diagnosing viruses. June, with her colleagues, identified and named the first coronavirus in 1964, observing a round, grey dot covered in tiny spokes that formed a halo around the virus—like the sun’s corona. These slides relate to her work as a virologist.

Born June Hart in 1930, she lived with her family in a tenement building in Glasgow, Scotland. At 16, she left school without funding to go to university and started working as a lab technician at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, where she used microscopes to help analyse tissue samples. She later emigrated to Canada, where she worked at the Ontario Cancer Institute in Toronto, developing new techniques in electron microscopy to image viruses. Amongst her scientific achievements was the first visualisation of the rubella virus, imaging hepatitis viruses, and developing the technique of antibody clumping to visualise common cold viruses. June finished her career at the Wellcome Research Laboratory, where she worked on developing diagnostic assays and vaccine development. She retired in 1985, where her career took a different direction as she qualified as a yoga teacher.

Materials:
glass and plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
1993-75/2/6
type:
lantern slides
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum