Dorothy Norris née Harrop (?-?) was an English biochemist who worked on yeast fermentation, protein chemistry, and was a pioneer in the study of carcinogens. She moved to India where she worked at the Indian Institute of Science before becoming the founding director of the Indian Lac Research Institute at Ranchi.

Dorothy Harrop worked with Sir Arthur Harden at the Lister Institute on yeast fermentation, bacterial enzyme chemistry,[1] growth,[2] and on protein reactions.[3][4][5] She also worked on the effects of coal tar on cell cultures and noted increased cell division ("auxetic activity") an known indicator of cancer.[6]

She moved to India in 1917 along with her husband Roland Victor Norris and was the first woman faculty member at the Indian Institute of Science.[7] In 1924-25 the Indian Lac Research Institute was established at Namkum, Ranchi where Norris was appointed its first director.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ Harden, Arthur; Norris, Dorothy (10 April 1912). "The bacterial production of acetylmethylcarbinol and 2.3-butylene glycol from various substances.―II". Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B. 85 (576): 73–78. Bibcode:1912RSPSB..85...73H. doi:10.1098/rspb.1912.0028. ISSN 0950-1193.
  2. ^ Penfold, W.J.; Norris, D. (1912). "The Relation of Concentration of Food Supply to the Generation-Time of Bacteria". The Journal of Hygiene. 12 (4): 527–531. doi:10.1017/s0022172400005180. JSTOR 3858931. PMC 2167404. PMID 20474509.
  3. ^ Harden, Arthur; Norris, Dorothy (22 May 1911). "The diacetyl reaction for proteins". The Journal of Physiology. 42 (4): 332–336. doi:10.1113/jphysiol.1911.sp001438. ISSN 0022-3751. PMC 1512821. PMID 16993068.
  4. ^ Tansey, Tilli (15 January 2015). "Women and the earlyJournal of Physiology". The Journal of Physiology. 593 (2): 347–350. doi:10.1113/jphysiol.2014.288258. ISSN 0022-3751. PMC 4303378. PMID 25630254.
  5. ^ Harrop, Dorothy; Norris, Roland Victor; Weizmann, Charles (1909). "CXLV.—Some derivatives of anthraquinone". J. Chem. Soc., Trans. 95: 1312–1319. doi:10.1039/CT9099501312. ISSN 0368-1645.
  6. ^ Norris, Dorothy (1914). "A Note on the Bases of Gasworks Coal-tar which are believed to be the Predisposing Cause of Pitch Cancer, with Special Reference to their Action on Lymphocytes, together with a Method for their Inactivation". Biochemical Journal. 8 (3): 253–260. doi:10.1042/bj0080253. ISSN 0264-6021. PMC 1276574. PMID 16742315.
  7. ^ Deepika S (2018). "Women and the Institute". Bangalore: Indian Institute of Science. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  8. ^ Houlton, Sir John (1949). Bihar. The Heart of India. Orient Longmans. pp. 192–193.
  9. ^ [H.B.W.] (1935). "Review: Lac and the Indian Lac Research Institute by Dorothy Norris, P.M. Glover, and R.W. Aldis. Indian Lac Research Institute". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 43: 253–254.
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