Almeida, June D.
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Name (Hebrew)
אלמיידה, ג'ון
Name (Latin)
Almeida, June D.
Other forms of name
Almeida, June Dalziel, 1930-2007
Hart, June Dalziel, 1930-2007
Date of birth
1930-10-05
Date of death
2007-12-01
Field of activity
Electron microscopy
Occupation
Virologists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Wikipedia, November 13, 2020(June Almeida; June Dalziel Almeida (5 October 1930, Glasgow, Scotland--1 December 2007, Bexhill, England) was a Scottish virologist, a pioneer in virus imaging, identification, and diagnosis; her skills in electron microscopy earned her an international reputation; Almeida succeeded in identifying viruses that were previously unknown, including, in 1966, a group of viruses that was later named coronavirus due to their crown-like appearance; her immune electron microscopy (IEM) innovations and insights contributed to research related to the diagnosis of hepatitis B, HIV, and rubella, among other viral diseases; she was born June Dalziel Hart; daughter of Jane Dalziel (née Steven) and Harry Leonard Hart; she married Enrique Rosalio (Henry) Almeida (1913-1993), a Venezuelan artist, in 1954; they were later divorced; she married Phillip Samuel Gardner, a fellow virologist, in 1979; a new COVID-19 testing laboratory in Guy's Hospital was named after June Almeida in September 2020)
- Manual for rapid laboratory viral diagnosis, 1979 (a.e.)t.p. (June D. Almeida, Wellcome Research Laboratories, Beckenham, Eng.)