Yvonne M. Barr

Yvonne Margaret Barr (married Balding ; born March 11, 1932 in Ireland ; † February 13, 2016 ) was a virologist . In 1964 she discovered along with Michael Anthony Epstein and Bert G. Achong in cell cultures of African Burkitt's lymphoma was later named as Epstein-Barr virus .

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Barr graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a degree in Zoology . She received her PhD from the University of London in 1966 . She was Epstein's assistant at Middlesex Hospital in London.

She emigrated to Melbourne. She was married to Stuart Balding and had two children.

MA Epstein, BG Achong, YM Barr: Virus Particles In Cultured Lymphoblasts From Burkitt's Lymphoma. In: The Lancet . ISSN 0140-6736 , Volume 1, Number 7335, March 1964, pp. 702 f., PMID 14107961 .
MA Epstein, G. Henle, BG Achong, YM Barr: Morphological And Biological Studies On A Virus In Cultured Lymphoblasts From Burkitt's Lymphoma. In: Journal of Experimental Medicine . ISSN 0022-1007 , Volume 121, May 1965, pp. 761-770, PMID 14278230 , PMC 2138004 (free full text).

Anthony Epstein: Burkitt lymphoma and the discovery of Epstein-Barr virus. In: British Journal of Hematology . ISSN 1365-2141 , Volume 156, Number 6, March 2012, pp. 777-779, DOI: 10.1111 / j.1365-2141.2011.09008.x , PMID 22233499 .

Paula McGrath: Cancer virus discovery helped by delayed flight. BBC News, April 6, 2014, accessed October 23, 2016 .

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Yvonne Balding Obituary. Nelson Bros Funeral Services, accessed October 23, 2016 .
^ ^A ^b D. Geraint James: A chance meeting. In: QJM . ISSN 1460-2725 , Volume 102, Issue 5, May 2009, p. 365 f., DOI: 10.1093 / qjmed / hcn167 , PMID 19318370 .
↑ Yvonne Barr , Whonamedit ?, accessed on 23 October 2016th

personal data
SURNAME	Barr, Yvonne M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Barr, Yvonne Margaret (full name); Balding, Yvonne Margaret (later name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British-Australian virologist
DATE OF BIRTH	March 11, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ireland
DATE OF DEATH	February 13, 2016