Dr. May-Britt Moser is the founding Director of Centre for Neural Computation and Co-Director of the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience. She received the 2014 Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology for the identification of grid cells which contribute to the brain’s coordinate system and make it possible for the brain to determine its...
This week for WiSE Wednesday we’re featuring Evelyn Carmon Nicol (1930-2020) a molecular biologist and immunologist whose work led to the development of multiple medical testing kits including one for HIV and led her to become one of the first African Americans to obtain a patent in molecular biology. She fought discrimination and sexism...
This week for WiSE Wednesday we’re featuring Dr. Judith R. Walters, a Senior Investigator at the NIH National Institute on Neurological Disorders and Stroke and Chief of the Neurophysiological Pharmacology Section. Dr. Walters received her bachelors from Mt. Holyoke College and did her Ph.D. and Postdoctoral Fellowship at Yale University researching the neurophysiology of...
This week for WiSE Wednesday we’re featuring Dr. Aviv Regev, Executive Vice President and Head of Research and Early Development at Genentech. She is a pioneer in the fields of single cell analysis, bioinformatics and systems biology and is a co-chair of the organizing committee for the Human Cell Atlas project, an international project...
Anita Borg, PhD, was an American computer scientist. Throughout her career, Dr. Borg became a pillar of strength for women in the field of computing and technology, founding several important communities and organizations that would change the lives of many women in the field, bringing them closer together to share their accomplishments, ideas, fears...
