Louise N. Johnson 1940–2012

Dame Louise Napier Johnson (1940–2012)

One of the pioneering spirits of protein crystallography has passed away. Professor Louise Napier Johnson, DBE, FRS, died on 25 September 2012, the day before her 72nd birthday. Throughout her career Louise was a leading figure, applying an incisive physics intelligence to problems in biology. Many years later she assumed leadership roles at Oxford University and at the Diamond synchrotron in O...

Professor Dame Louise Napier Johnson (26 September 1940-25 September 2012).

Profile of Philip N. Johnson-Laird.

O ur greatest technological accomplishments, from space travel to nuclear power and the creation of the Internet, stand as testaments to the scientific process and mankind’s ability to reason. These advances, however, have been matched with equally spectacular technological catastrophes. “Scientists and technologists are rational in principle,” explains Philip Johnson-Laird, a professor of psyc...

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MW Johnson, N Ineson. Malaria : The Dilemmas Of Malarial Diagnostics

In clinical practice the diagnosis of malaria is usually relatively easy. In the acute situation a blood film is sent and if the result is positive the patient is started on appropriate therapy. The dilemma arises if after several days a patient still exhibits symptoms and signs of malaria yet numerous blood films for parasites have not provided a conclusive diagnosis. Is there a place for blin...