Episodes
Thursday Dec 23, 2021
Episode 081 - The 24 Women of STEM-mas - Trivia #4
Thursday Dec 23, 2021
Thursday Dec 23, 2021
Come play with us! Emma and Emlyn quiz each other about the 24 women of STEMmas we have covered in our podcast so far! How many questions can you answer??
Cheat sheet --> https://twitter.com/STEMFatalePod/status/1474052626589585409?s=20
Sources
Music
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“No Copyright Music: Christmas Instrumentals” by Heroboard: Music for Creators https://youtu.be/dYyPTy6425U
Monday Mar 08, 2021
Short Stories 5 - Jimena Quirós | Oceanographer
Monday Mar 08, 2021
Monday Mar 08, 2021
Alternate Title: The Oceanographer
Emma tells a short story about Spain's first oceanographer, Jimena Quirós.
Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/
Sources
Lozano, Pablo. "Jimena Quirós: the Civil War cut short the career of the first oceanographer in the history of Spain." Oceánicas. 2018. Translated by Google Translate. https://oceanicas.ieo.es/jimena-quiros-la-primera-oceanografa-en-la-historia-de-espana-cuya-carrera-trunco-la-guerra/
Music
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
Cover Image
https://mujeresconciencia.com/2019/12/05/jimena-quiros-oceanografa/
Monday Jun 10, 2019
Episode 037 - Rachel Carson | Marine Biologist & Environmentalist
Monday Jun 10, 2019
Monday Jun 10, 2019
Alternate Title: Conservation Sensation!
Emlyn tells Emma about the marine biologist, writer, and environmentalist, Rachel Carson, and Emma tells Emlyn about a heck of a lot of boss ladies!
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Sources
Main Story - Rachel Carson
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Carson
- Women's History: https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/rachel-carson
- American Chemical Society: https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/rachel-carson-silent-spring.html
- Fire Ants Video: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:16-p-1402-2_Fire_Ants_on_Trial.webm
Women who werk
- Jess Wade was awarded the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire! https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/191453/imperial-academics-awarded-honours-queen/
- Xinzhu Wei and Rasmus Nielsen find that mutations in the CCR5 gene that make some people resistant to HIV may also reduce longevity. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-019-0459-6
- Olga Troyanskaya and a team of researchers develop a machine learning model that identified mutations in non-coding regions of the genome that are associated with autism. https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2019/05/27/autism-noncoding-mutations/
Music
“Work” by Rihanna
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
Cover Image
Alfred Eisenstaedt/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
Monday May 13, 2019
Episode 035 - Isabella Aiona Abbott | Phycologist & Ethnobotanist
Monday May 13, 2019
Monday May 13, 2019
Alternate Title: Authoritarian Seaweed
Emlyn tells Emma about the Pacific phycologist and Hawaiian ethnobotanist, Dr. Isabella Aiona Abbott, and Emma tells Emlyn about the body mass index (BMI) of Marvel characters!
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Sources
Main Story - Isabella Aiona Abbott
- LONG STORY SHORT WITH LESLIE WILCOX. Isabella Aiona Abbott. https://www.pbshawaii.org/long-story-short-with-leslie-wilcox-isabella-aiona-abbott/
- Stanford News, Isabella Abbott, world-renowned Stanford algae expert, dies at 91” https://news.stanford.edu/news/2010/december/izzie-abbott-obit-120710.html
- “Pioneering professor is first lady of limu” by Jennifer Crites http://www.hawaii.edu/malamalama/2010/10/isabella-abbott/
- Isabella Aiona Abbott: 2001 Distinguished Economic Botanist: Interpreting Pre-Western Hawaiian Culture as an Ethnobotanist. (2002). Economic Botany, 56(1), 3-6. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/stable/4256514
- “Inspiration of Izzie” by Julie Packard https://www.huffpost.com/entry/inspiration-from-izzie_n_791382
- “A tribute to Isabella Aiona Abbott on the occasion of her 85th birthday. Happy Birthday Izzie!” by Huisman J.M. and Norris J.N. Cryptogamie, Algol., 2004, 25 (3): 219-239 https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/23539/1/tribute%20to%20isabella%20abbott.pdf
Women who werk
1. Scientists find a possible biomarker for detecting CTE
- https://www.livescience.com/65434-cte-concussion-biomarker-tau.html
- https://n.neurology.org/content/early/2019/05/08/WNL.0000000000007608
2. Captain Dorito and the bombshell
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/05/190501153356.html
- https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Febs0000164
Music
“Work” by Rihanna
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
Cover Image
Stanford University
Monday Dec 24, 2018
24 women of STEMmas!
Monday Dec 24, 2018
Monday Dec 24, 2018
Come play with us! Emma and Emlyn quiz each other about the 24 women of STEMmas we have covered in our podcast so far! How many questions can you answer??
PLEASE FILL OUT THE SURVEY: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScwuYfCujp_voMx1I37E4MB1Tk_UbncK6z8Khn4DC683fV-3A/viewform?usp=sf_link
Sources
Music
“21 questions" by 50 Cent
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“No Copyright Music: Christmas Instrumentals” by Heroboard: Music for Creators https://youtu.be/dYyPTy6425U
Monday Aug 20, 2018
Episode 016 - Roger Arliner Young | Marine Biologist
Monday Aug 20, 2018
Monday Aug 20, 2018
Alternate Title: Young and Just
Emlyn tells Emma about Dr. Roger Arliner Young, the first African American woman to receive a PhD in zoology and publish an article in Science, and Emma tells Emlyn about Dr. Jess Wade, who wrote Wikipedia pages of 270+ female scientists!
Main Story - Roger Arliner Young
- The San Diego Supercomputer Center’s Women in Science: https://www.sdsc.edu/ScienceWomen/young.html
- Zoologist Roger Arliner Young and the Politics of Respectability by Dr. Sara Diaz: https://www.aaihs.org/zoologist-roger-arliner-young-and-the-politics-of-respectability/
- Scientific American article by DNLee https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/urban-scientist/roger-arliner-young-zoologist/
- Young, R.A. On the excretory apparatus in paramecium. Science. Vol 60, Issue 1550. Sep 12 1924
Women who werk
S/O this week to Dr. Jess Wade for writing the Wikipedia pages of 270+ female scientists this year! More about her work:
- https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/jul/24/academic-writes-270-wikipedia-pages-year-female-scientists-noticed
- https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/27/health/scientist-women-wikipedia-entries-trnd/index.html
Music
“Work” by Rihanna
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
Monday Jul 30, 2018
Episode 014 - Eugenie Clark | Ichthyologist
Monday Jul 30, 2018
Monday Jul 30, 2018
Alternate Title: Gangsters of the Deep
Emlyn tells Emma about the amazing ichthyologist and renown 'Shark Lady', Dr. Eugenie Clark, and Emma tells Emlyn about Melissa Cristina Márquez being bitten by a crocodile while filming for Shark Week!
Sources:
Main Story - Dr. Eugenie Clark
- Biography by NOAA: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/may15/eugenie-clark.html
- Natural Shark Repellent is Alluring to Scientists (1981): https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/20/science/natural-shark-repellent-is-alluring-to-scientists.html
- ‘Shark Lady’ Eugenie Clark, Famed Marine Biologist, Has Died: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/02/150225-eugenie-clark-shark-lady-marine-biologist-obituary-science/
- Obituary by Robert D. McFadden: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/26/us/eugenie-clark-scholar-of-the-life-aquatic-dies-at-92.html
- Smithsonian biography by Ashley Gallagher: https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/sharks-rays/eugenie-clark-shark-lady
- Mote Marine Lab Obituary by Hayley Rutger: https://mote.org/news/article/remembering-the-shark-lady-the-life-and-legacy-of-dr.-eugenie-clark
- Clark, Eugenie; Gorge, Anita (June 1979). "Toxic soles, Pardachirus marmoratus from the Red Sea and P. pavoninus from Japan, with notes on other species". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 4 (2): 103–123.
- Clark, Eugenie (Jul 1959). "Instrumental Conditioning of Lemon Sharks"(PDF). Science. 130 (3369): 217–218. doi:10.1126/science.130.3369.217-a. Retrieved 15 Feb 2016.
Women who werk:
Jezebel article about Melissa Cristina Márquez: https://jezebel.com/marine-biologist-melissa-cristina-marquez-was-bitten-an-1827816706
Music:
“Work” by Rihanna
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Pony” by Ginuwine
Cover Image:
Photo by National Geographic photographer, David Doubilet