2016
DOI: 10.1017/s0031182016002080
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The remarkable Dr Robertson

Abstract: S U M M A R YMuriel Robertson (1883Robertson ( -1973 was a pioneering protozoologist who made a staggering number of important contributions to the fields of parasitology, bacteriology and immunology during her career, which spanned nearly 60 years. These contributions were all the more remarkable given the scientific and social times in which she worked. While Muriel is perhaps best known for her work on the life cycle and transmission of the African trypanosome, Trypanosoma brucei, which she carried out in U… Show more

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“…This assignment was remarkable, as others have stated in her biography: “The appointment at that period of a young woman to a post in tropical Africa was not only an indication of the reputation which her work upon trypanosomes had already earned, but of the opinion of the Appointing Committee of her strength of character and courage” [ 33 ]. In 1914, Dr. Robertson returned to the Lister Institute, where she remained until 1961 [ 33 , 40 ].…”
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“…This assignment was remarkable, as others have stated in her biography: “The appointment at that period of a young woman to a post in tropical Africa was not only an indication of the reputation which her work upon trypanosomes had already earned, but of the opinion of the Appointing Committee of her strength of character and courage” [ 33 ]. In 1914, Dr. Robertson returned to the Lister Institute, where she remained until 1961 [ 33 , 40 ].…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Dr. Robertson also contributed to many different topics of parasitology and bacteriology. She made significant advances in the study of the free-living ciliate Bodo caudatus [ 45 – 47 ], as well as in the immunology of trichomoniasis in cattle, including the development of a diagnostic agglutination test and studies on antibody responses in Trichomonas foetus infections [ 33 , 40 , 48 52 ]. Due to the increase in cases of bacterial gas gangrene in war wounds (World Wars I and II), she also studied bacterial agents, treatments and vaccines for these diseases [ 33 , 40 , 53 57 ].…”
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“…The achievements of the second Glasgow graduate, Muriel Robertson (1883Robertson ( -1973, are discussed by Tansy Hammarton (2017). Muriel Robertson, the only woman in this pantheon of Scottish scientists, was a protozoologist who made major contributions in the fields of protozoology, bacteriology and immunology.…”
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confidence: 99%