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Joan Mott

Born	1921 Parkstone
Died	21 April 1994 (aged 72–73)
Alma mater	Newnham College Cheltenham Ladies' College
Academic career
Institutions	Royal Holloway, University of London
Thesis	A study of the circulation in the eel and other lower forms

Joan Mott (1921–1994) was an English physiologist and zoologist who worked for most of her career at the University of Oxford's Nuffield Institute for Medical Research. Following wartime work on anti-fouling of ships her main research interest was in the circulatory system, especially the fetal renin–angiotensin system.

Mott was a founding fellow of and Vicegerent of Wolfson College, Oxford. She died on 21 April 1994.

The Joan Mott Prize Lecture of The Physiological Society is named in her honour.

Selected publications

G. S. Dawes; Joan C. Mott; J. G. Widdicombe; D. G. Wyatt (1 July 1953). "Changes in the lungs of the new-born lamb". The Journal of Physiology. 121 (1): 141–162. doi:10.1113/JPHYSIOL.1953.SP004936. ISSN 0022-3751. PMC 1366061. PMID 13085305. Wikidata Q73260990.
G. S. Dawes; Joan C. Mott; Heather J. Shelley (1 June 1959). "The importance of cardiac glycogen for the maintenance of life in foetal lambs and newborn animals during anoxia". The Journal of Physiology. 146 (3): 516–538. doi:10.1113/JPHYSIOL.1959.SP006208. ISSN 0022-3751. PMID 13665675. Wikidata Q78704147.
S. CASSIN; G. S. DAWES; J. C. MOTT; B. B. ROSS; L. B. STRANG (1 May 1964). "The vascular resistance of the foetal and newly ventilated lung of the lamb". The Journal of Physiology. 171: 61–79. doi:10.1113/JPHYSIOL.1964.SP007361. ISSN 0022-3751. PMC 1368776. PMID 14170145. Wikidata Q76854018.
G. S. Dawes; J. C. Mott; J. G. Widdicombe (1 November 1951). "Respiratory and cardiovascular reflexes from the heart and lungs". The Journal of Physiology. 115 (3): 258–291. doi:10.1113/JPHYSIOL.1951.SP004670. ISSN 0022-3751. PMC 1392066. PMID 14898511. Wikidata Q75949463.

References

^ Joan Mott, The Physiological Society
Geoffrey Dawes (5 May 1994), "Obituary: Joan Mott", The Independent, archived from the original on 9 June 2022
"Joan Mott Prize Lecture".

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