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- 1964-2007 (Creation)
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Extent: 42 folders
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Admin History: Elizabeth Marion Deuchar (1927-1979): BSDB Sec 1962-1967; Biochemical Embryologist; BA Zoology (Oxford), PhD Embryology (Edinburgh) 1951 under C. H. Waddington, contributed important work on embryonic induction, uptake of amino acids into embryo from yolk proteins, control mechanisms in somite segmentation and studies in early mammalian embryos; 1953-66: Lecturer and Reader at UCL (Anatomy Department), 1968: University of Bristol, 1972: University of Exeter; Embryologist's Club Secretary 1962-67. See BSDB 6/1 for biographical papers on E M Deucher. Dr F (Frank) S Billett (Zoology Dept., Univ. of Southampton), Secretary 1966-1971. The BSDB holds two meetings per year. The Spring Symposium normally held concurrently with a meeting of the British Society for Cell Biology is a major international meeting with 500-1,000 attendees. papers arising from the meeting are published as supplements in the journal 'Developments'. The Autumn meeting is smaller with a limited number of foreign speakers and 100-200 attendees.