Hanson during the 1940s
Aeolosoma drawn by Hanson (1944-1948) During the War, Hanson was evacuated to the Strangeways Laboratory in Cambridge. Here, she undertook work on the rat epidermis and focussed on studying the histology of the vascular system of annelids (worms), research that resulted in the publication of a number of important academic papers.
Arguably the most significant of these anticipated her later achievement and was entitled, 'An usual type of muscle fibre' Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science (June 1948), s3-89, 139-141 .
Towards the end of the War, Hanson was appointed a Demonstrator at Bedford College (1944-1948).
She continued her work using tissue cultures to study the processes underlying the cellular development of the epidermis in mammals exposed to carcinogenic substances.
In this exhibition
- South Africa in the nineteenth century
- Declaration of War 1899
- Arrival in South Africa
- On campaign
- The heat of battle
- Climate and landscape
- Peace: the Treaty of Vereeniging 1902
- The pioneering work of Professor Jean Hanson, 1919-1973
- Early career
- Hanson at Bedford College
- Hanson during the 1940s
- Biophysics at King's College
- Hanson's research on muscles
- Work with Dr Hugh Huxley
- The sliding filament hypothesis
- Hanson’s later career and legacy
- Early career