“Science” and “art” are often portrayed as “opposites” but Nina Chhita brings them together, producing beautiful illustrations to draw attention to the stories and accomplishments of female scientists throughout history and into the current day. Nina has masters degree in developmental biology from the University of Bath and her day job is working as...
Biochemist Roberta (Bobbie) F. Colman (1938-2019) passed away at the end of 2019, and while you might have missed the news amidst the end-of-the-millenia hubbub, her legacy as an outstanding scientist (she developed methods for studying how protein enzymes speed up reactions) and devoted mentor won’t soon be forgotten. Colman was raised in New...
If you want to learn about molecular biology, Dr. Lizabeth Allison is a good person to turn to – she literally wrote the book on it (or at least a couple of them). In addition to writing/editing Fundamental Molecular Biology and Biological Science, Allison studies thyroid hormone receptors as Chancellor Professor of Biology at...
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (May 12, 1910 – July 29, 1994) was a true pioneer in x-ray crystallography – She wanted to get a look at biologically-important molecules, but the technology didn’t exist to do it – so she developed it. And used it to harness x-rays to solve the structure of increasingly complex molecules...
Rosalind Elsie Franklin was born in London, England July 25, 1920 and despite a tragically short life (she died in April 1958 from ovarian cancer) she made tremendous scientific achievements in figuring out what molecules look like and how that relates to what they do. Best known for “Photo 51,” the “blurry X” of...
