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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2003-03-25 human Ailie Smith updated 2026-05-18 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004443b.htm person Lush Dora Mary AACR2 31 July 1910 20 May 1943 Place of Birth Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Bacteriologist Dora Lush was a bacteriological research fellow at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, where she worked closely with Macfarlane Burnet. After a period of time in England Lush returned to the Institute in 1942. On 27 April 1943, while working on a vaccine for scrub typhus, Lush accidentally pricked her finger while inoculating a mouse. She died of the disease three weeks later. 1932 1932 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne 1934 1934 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne 1934 1939 Career position - Bacteriological Research Fellow at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research 1939 1942 Career position - Researcher at the National Institute for Medical Research, London 1942 1943 Career position - Bacteriological Research Fellow at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

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 'Lush, Dora Mary', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Lush, Dora Mary Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Lush, Dora Mary (1910-1943), bacteriologist Rasmussen, Carolyn Lush, Dora Mary (1910-1943), bacteriologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2000 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 15: 1940 - 1980 Kem-Pie John Ritchie 137-138 Journal Article: Obituary: Miss Dora Lush, MSc Obituary: Miss Dora Lush, MSc 1943 Australian Journal of Science 5 6 193-194 Journal Article: Mutant Bacteriophages, Frank Macfarlane Burnet and the Changing Nature of 'Genespeak' in the 1930s Sankaran, N. Mutant Bacteriophages, Frank Macfarlane Burnet and the Changing Nature of 'Genespeak' in the 1930s Springer 2010 Journal of the History of Biology 43 3 571-599 Journal Article: Frank Macfarlane Burnet, 1899-1985 Fenner, Frank Frank Macfarlane Burnet, 1899-1985 CSIRO Publishing 1987 Historical Records of Australian Science 7 1 39-77 Book: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, 1915-1965 Burnet, Macfarlane, Sir Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, 1915-1965 Carlton, Victoria Melbourne University Press 1971