Hildegard Lamfrom helped develop one of the first in-vitro translation systems, using rabbit reticulocyte lysate to study protein synthesis in a cell-free context.
13 Facts About Hildegard Lamfrom
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Hildegard Lamfrom's family fled Germany in 1937, when she was 15, and established themselves in Portland, Oregon.
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Hildegard Lamfrom then attended Reed College and financed her education by working in shipyards as a welder.
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Hildegard Lamfrom earned a BA in biology from Reed and did research on avian malaria with Ralph Macy.
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Hildegard Lamfrom then earned an MA from Oregon State University.
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Hildegard Lamfrom studied the renin system with pathologist Harry Goldblatt at Case Western and earned her PhD in 1949.
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Hildegard Lamfrom went with her PhD advisor Harry Goldblatt to Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles.
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Hildegard Lamfrom then went to work at the Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique in Paris.
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The beginning of Hildegard Lamfrom's career was spent studying the renin-antirenin system with pathologist Harry Goldblatt.
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Hildegard Lamfrom was one of the well as the existence of polyribosomes.
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Hildegard Lamfrom died from a brain tumor after nine months of illness on August 28,1984, in La Jolla, California.
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Gert, Tim and Mary Boyle, donated $2.5 million to create the Hildegard Lamfrom Endowed Chair in Basic Science at the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute.
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Hildegard Lamfrom is remembered as an influential mentor to young scientists, including Brian Druker.