Clara Franzini-Armstrong
Encyclopedia
Clara Franzini-Armstrong FMRS (born 1938 Florence
) is an American electron microscopist, and Professor Emeritus of Cell and Developmental Biology at University of Pennsylvania
.
with a PhD degree in 1960. She was a Research Assistant at University College, London, with Andrew F. Huxley.
She has taught at the University of Pennsylvania
since 1975.
Dr. Franzini-Armstrong was inducted into the National Academy of Sciences
in 1995.
She is married to Dr. Clay Armstrong
.
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
) is an American electron microscopist, and Professor Emeritus of Cell and Developmental Biology at University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
.
Life
She graduated from the University of PisaUniversity of Pisa
The University of Pisa , located in Pisa, Tuscany, is one of the oldest universities in Italy. It was formally founded on September 3, 1343 by an edict of Pope Clement VI, although there had been lectures on law in Pisa since the 11th century...
with a PhD degree in 1960. She was a Research Assistant at University College, London, with Andrew F. Huxley.
She has taught at the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
since 1975.
Dr. Franzini-Armstrong was inducted into the National Academy of Sciences
National Academy of Sciences
National Academy of Sciences commonly refers to the academy in the United States of America.National Academy of Sciences may also refer to :* National Academy of Sciences of Argentina* Armenian National Academy of Sciences...
in 1995.
She is married to Dr. Clay Armstrong
Clay Armstrong
Clay Margarave Armstrong is an American physiologist and a former student of Dr. Andrew Fielding Huxley. He is currently a professor of Physiology at the University of Pennsylvania....
.
Works
- Andrew Engel, Clara Franzini-Armstrong (eds) Myology: basic and clinical, Volume 2, McGraw-Hill, 1994, ISBN 9780070195592
- Andrew Engel, Clara Franzini-Armstrong, Myology: Dystrophinopathies, McGraw-Hill, 2004, ISBN 9780071371803