RF Annual Report - 1935 - The Rockefeller Foundation

THE NATURAL SCIENCES 155
per was chosen for the basic cellular studies because
of its relative simplicity as an organism,
because of its lack of hormone or other disturbing
factors, because of the fact that it is a coldblooded
animal so that temperature control is
an easy matter, because of the relatively large
size of its cells, and because of the amount of
fundamental information already available concerning
it. Many of the important problems of
cellular biology can be attacked in a quantitative
manner with this material.
University of Cambridge
Molteno Institute of Biology and Parasitology
An appropriation of 330,600 has been made to
the University of Cambridge for research in
cellular physiology at the Molteno Institute of
Biology and Parasitology under the direction of
Professor David
Keilin during the five-year
period January 1, 1936, to December 31, 1940.
The field of cellular physiology is a recognized
interest of the program of the Foundation in the
natural sciences. This institute at the University
of Cambridge has broadened its original interest
in parasitology to include work in virus and enzyme
research as well as in cellular physiology.
The latter work deals mainly with the study of
cellular metabolism and the mechanisms of intracellular
respiration. Investigations are under
way on the intracellular enzymes. Other work
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