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MS 071 – FALK, John Edwin Rogers (1917-1970)

BIOCHEMIST

Falk was Chief of the Division of Plant Industry, CSIRO, Canberra 1963-70 after having served as Chief Research Officer and Head of the Biochemistry Section 1955-62.

For further biographical information, see Records of the Academy, vol 2, no 3

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  1. Correspondence 1951-55, arranged alphabetically. Mostly from scientific colleagues

  2. Correspondence 1955-64. A-G. Correspondence with scientific colleagues

  3. Correspondence 1955-65. A-G. Correspondence with scientific colleagues

  4. Correspondence 1969 (during Falk's illness). Annotated copy of reprint on which Falk was working at the time of his last heart attack

  5. File of newspaper cuttings - reviews of Porphyrins and metallo porphyrins (published 1964)

  6. File of obituary notices and appreciations

    Supporting correspondence from Dr R J Porra, CSIRO, is in appropriate boxes

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  1. MSc thesis The cytochrome oxidase-like activity of some heterocyclic amines. University of Sydney, 1947

  2. PhD thesis Investigations of the chemical structure of the tetra-pyrrolic prosthetic group of the cytochromes Â. Department of Chemical Pathology, University College Hospital Medical School, London, 1951

  3. Practical notebook, undated. May have been basis for Porphyrins and metallo porphyrins

  4. File of handwritten and typescript lecture notes 1947-65

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    Notebooks 1945-61. Including notes on cytochromes, haematins, haems and porphyric reactions; enzyme preparations

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    12 quarto notebooks

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    2 folio notebooks

    4 small notebooks

    4 small notebooks (octavo) (1 signed P Walmicol?, another J Jarasius)

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    2 large quarto notebooks

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    2 large quarto notebooks

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  1. Request for Buchi all glass rotary evaporator (to evaporate organic solvents from chlorophyll and haem derivatives) 1963

  2. Notes from "Jack's" lecture, 6 June 1963

  3. Determination of E (organic solvents and HCl) - uro, copo, meso, deutero, haemato porphs etc. A Johnson ca 1962

  4. Porphyrin skeletons

  5. Tables, mainly from Porphyrins and metalloporphyrins. Incomplete

  6. Spectra run during attempt to prepare ß phenyl ethyl imidazole 1962

  7. Ferrochelatase figs

  8. Metalloporphyrin spectra and analyses (JEF and Nyholm). Cu, Co, Ni, Zn, Ag, Cd - proto ester etc

  9. Developed chromatograms 1965

  10. Protohaem titrations 1959

  11. Chromatography of various porphyrin esters 1962

  12. Records of experiments on various chelatases and synthetases 1965

  13. Visible spectra, ca 1963-65. Most labelled 3B, p. , or 4B, p. . Large bundle

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