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“It must be evident by now to even the most confirmed skeptic that electron microscopy is destined to have a profound influence on the future development of biology and related sciences.” -Keith R Porter 1956
Keith R Porter came to America after completing his undergraduate studies at Acadia University in Nova Scotia to pursue his graduate studies at Harvard University. After completing postdoctoral work at Princeton University and the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, he went on to work in the laboratory of James B. Murphy in the late 1930's.
His contributions are many. He helped to found the American Society for Cell Biology, served as the first managing editor of The Journal of Biophysical and Biochemical Cytology (The Journal of Cell Biology). He is credited with capturing the first electron photomicrograph of an intact cell. In 1977 he received the National Medal of Science from President Carter.
He was a Professor at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research and later became Professor of Biology and then Chairman of that department at Harvard University. He also became Chairman of Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology at University of Colorado at Boulder where he established a High Voltage Electron Microscope Facility.
In 1973, Dr Porter became a Wilson Elkins Distinguished Professor in the Department of Biological sciences at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, where he established our current Electron Microscope facility, which was renamed The Keith R Porter Imaging Facilty in honor of his many contributions to the study of science.
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