What is recorded here
This bronze commemorative plaque records: In this building Professor Irene Manton FRS, electron microscopist, Head of the Department of Botany 1946-69, made fundamental discoveries in cell structure, including 9+2 and Golgi Function.
Irene Manton FRS was a pioneering electron microscopist who significantly advanced understanding of cell structure through her discovery of the 9+2 pattern in cilia and flagella, and her work on the function of the Golgi apparatus.
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