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 Apr 13, 2020
Episode 054 - Alice Hamilton | Industrial Toxicologist & Doctor
Monday Apr 13, 2020
Monday Apr 13, 2020
Alternate Title: Duke of Occupational Hazards
Emlyn tells Emma about Dr. Alice Hamilton, a scientist, doctor, public health expert, and pioneer in the fields of industrial toxicology and occupational health.
Learn more about us and other women in science at our website www.stemfatalepodcast.com
Sources
Main Story - Alice Hamilton
- “Pandemics Come and Go But Medical Masks are Eternal” by Virginia Postrel, Bloomberg Opinion. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-04-10/medical-face-masks-an-illustrated-history
- “Celebrating the life of Alice Hamilton, founding mother of occupational medicine” by Dr. Howard Markel, PBS. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/celebrating-life-alice-hamilton-founding-mother-occupational-medicine
- “Lead, TNT, and Rayon: Dr. Alice Hamilton’s Battle Against Industrial Poisons” by Dale Debakcsy, Women You Should Know. https://womenyoushouldknow.net/alice-hamiltons-battle-against-industrial-poisons/
- Wikipedia article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Hamilton
Women who Work
Shoutout to Katelyn Allers and her team for devising a new method for measuring wind speeds on brown dwarfs!
- NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "In a first, NASA measures wind speed on a brown dwarf." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 9 April 2020. <www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/04/200409142409.htm>
- Finley, Dave. “Astronomers Measure Wind Speed on a Brown Dwarf.” National Radio Astronomy Observatory, 9 April 2020. https://public.nrao.edu/news/brown-dwarf-wind-speed/
- CalTech’s Cool Cosmos page on Brown Dwarfs (for background info): http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/cosmic_reference/brown_dwarfs.html
Music
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Work” by Rihanna
Cover Image
Photo courtesy of NIH https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Alice_Hamilton#/media/File:Alice_Hamilton.jpg
Monday Mar 02, 2020
Short Stories 3 - June Almeida | Virologist
Monday Mar 02, 2020
Monday Mar 02, 2020
Alternate Title: The Virus Photographer
Emma flies solo again this week with a short story about the amazing woman who determined how to image and identify viruses like the coronaviruses, hepatitis B, HIV, rubella, and more!
Website: https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/
Sources
Main Story - June Almeida
- Almeida J. (2008). June Almeida (née Hart). BMJ : British Medical Journal, 336 (7659), 1511. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.a434
- Booss, J., MD and August, M.J., PhD (2014). Imaging Viruses and Tagging Their Antigens. In To Catch a Virus (eds J. Booss and M.J. August). doi:10.1128/9781555818586.ch7
- Goldsmith, C. S., & Miller, S. E. (2009). Modern uses of electron microscopy for detection of viruses. Clinical microbiology reviews, 22(4), 552–563. https://doi.org/10.1128/CMR.00027-09
Music
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
Cover Image
From Joyce Almeida, in Booss, J., MD and August, M.J., PhD (2014). Imaging Viruses and Tagging Their Antigens. In To Catch a Virus (eds J. Booss and M.J. August). doi:10.1128/9781555818586.ch7
Sunday Jul 14, 2019
Short Stories 1 - Sameera Moussa | Nuclear Physicist
Sunday Jul 14, 2019
Sunday Jul 14, 2019
Alternate Title: Communist Cancers
This week we change up the format and talk about TWO historical women in science! Emlyn tells Emma about Dr. Yvonne Barr, who helped discover the first cancer-causing virus in humans, and Emma tells Emma about Dr. Sameera Moussa, an egyptian nuclear physicist who worked to make the medical use of nuclear technology affordable to all!
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Sources
Story 1 - Dr. Yvonne Barr
- The Cancer Virus: The story of Epstein-Barr Virus. D.H. Crawford, A. Richinson, and I. Johnnessen. 2014. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK
- Video of Dr. Yvonne Barr for 50th anniversary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MXFUHBRQjo
- UK Cancer Research Institute, https://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2014/03/26/50-years-of-epstein-barr-virus/
- “Viral Causes of Lymphoma: The History of Epstein-Barr Virus and Human T-Lymphotropic Virus” by Daniel Esau, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5621661/pdf/10.1177_1178122X17731772.pdf
- Cancer virus discovery helped by delayed flight, https://www.bbc.com/news/health-26857610
Story 2 - Dr. Sameera Moussa
- Sameera Moussa by Ignite Global Fund for Women http://ignite.globalfundforwomen.org/be-the-spark/sameera-moussa
- Decou, Christopher. 2018. “This Week in Science: Sameera Moussa, the Egyptian Mother of Nuclear Energy.” https://medium.com/@ccdecou/week-science-history-sameera-moussa-egyptian-89cdc6312838
Further reading on gender equality issues in STEM:
- Old boy's club of 1989: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277539589800111
- Negative and marginalizing interactions limiting women's access to important resources: http://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/00551c876cc2f027,31a33a3e53bad464,08629c0a217631d5.html
- Sexism and microaggressions: https://journals.aps.org/prper/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.12.020119
- Research labs described as a “chilly place” for women: http://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/00551c876cc2f027,3d9029c134ca6690,734a6ef163b4eb9c.html
- Lack of female gatekeepers for research funding: https://www.ingenere.it/en/articles/gate-keeping-and-gender-challenge-science
- More ways in which STEM graduate environments disfavour women: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/0308018815Z.000000000112
- An article in science magazine about the issue: https://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2018/10/when-you-re-only-woman-challenges-female-phd-students-male-dominated-cohorts
Music
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
Monday Jan 21, 2019
Episode 027 - Rosalind Franklin | X-ray Crystallographer
Monday Jan 21, 2019
Monday Jan 21, 2019
Alternate Title: Our Dark Lady of DNA
Emlyn tells Emma about the x-ray crystallographer, Dr. Rosalind Franklin, who was instrumental in discovering the structure of DNA, and Emma tells Emlyn about "messy" companion stars!
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Sources
Main Story - Dr. Rosalind Franklin
- “Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment” by Beryl Lieff Benderly https://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2018/08/rosalind-franklin-and-damage-gender-harassment
- Dainton, Sir Frederick Sydney (1981). "Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, 9 November 1897 – 7 June 1978". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 27: 379–424. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1981.0016. JSTOR 769878.
- “Rosalind Franklin” by PBS: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/bofran.html
- Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA by Brenda Maddox
- “Rosalind Franklin” by Wikipedia
Women who werk
Dr. Melissa Graham and a team of researchers observe “messy” companion stars in binary star systems that lead to supernova.
- https://www.washington.edu/news/2019/01/10/messy-supernova/
- https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/nasa-knows/what-is-a-supernova.html
Music
“Work” by Rihanna
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Supernova Girl” by Zenon
Cover Image
Ann Ronan Picture Library—World History Archive/age fotostock
Monday Jan 07, 2019
Episode 026 - Gertrude Belle Elion |Biochemist
Monday Jan 07, 2019
Monday Jan 07, 2019
Alternate Title: Purine Queen
Emma tells Emlyn about the chemist, Gertrude Belle Elion, who won a Nobel Prize for discovering new ways to treat diseases like leukemia and HIV, and Emlyn tells Emma about the upcoming film about Mary Anning!
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SOURCES
Main Story - Gertrude B. Elion
- Gertrude B. Elion – Biographical. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2019. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1988/elion/biographical/
- Koenig, Rick. The Legacy of Great Science: The Work of Nobel Laureate Gertrude Elion Lives On. The Oncologist. October, 2006. http://theoncologist.alphamedpress.org/content/11/9/961
- American Chemical Society. Gertrude Elion (1918–1999). https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/women-scientists/gertrude-elion.html
- Science History Institute. George Hitchings and Gertrude Elion https://www.sciencehistory.org/historical-profile/george-hitchings-and-gertrude-elion
- Avery, Mary Ellen. Gertrude B. Elion (1918–1999). Biographical Memoir for the National Academy of Sciences. 2000. http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/elion-gertrude.pdf
- Kresge, N, Simini, RD, and RL Hill. Developing the Purine Nucleoside Analogue Acyclovir: the Work of Gertrude B. Elion. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2008. http://www.jbc.org/content/283/19/e11.full.html#ref-list-1
- Altman, Lawrence K. “Gertrude Elion, Drug Developer, Dies at 81.” New York Times, 1999. https://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/23/us/gertrude-elion-drug-developer-dies-at-81.html
Women who werk
New movie coming out about Mary Anning! https://variety.com/2018/film/news/kate-winslet-saoirse-ronan-ammonite-fossil-hunter-francis-lee-1203090106/
Music
“Work” by Rihanna
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“La Vie Boheme” by Rent
Cover Image
Courtesy of GlaxoSmithKline Inc. Heritage Center.
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 Jun 25, 2018
Episode 009 - Louise Pearce | Pathologist
Monday Jun 25, 2018
Monday Jun 25, 2018
Alternate title: 125 Syphilis Rabbits
Emlyn tells Emma about the queer scientist who helped develop treatments for African Sleeping Sickness and Syphilis, Dr. Louise Pearce, and Emma tells Emlyn about the organizations 500 Women Scientists and 500 Queer Scientists!
Sources
Main Story - Louise Pearce
- Chung, K., 1943. (2010). Women pioneers of medical research: Biographies of 25 outstanding scientists. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland.
- https://greenwichvillagehistory.wordpress.com/tag/heterodoxy/
Further reading: Schwarz, J. (1982). Radical feminists of Heterodoxy : Greenwich Village, 1912-1940. Lebanon, N.H.: New Victoria Publishers.
Women who werk
500 Women Scientists has coordinated a ton of cool projects in the last two years that aim to increase visibility and inclusivity of minorities in STEM. Check out their organization and projects, or find a local chapter here: https://500womenscientists.org/
You can also support this month’s new offshoot campaign, 500 Queer Scientists by sharing it and posting about it on your own social media, and by following their Twitter (@500QueerSci) and Instagram (@500QueerScientists). Or you can submit your own story at: https://www.500queerscientists.com/
Monday Jun 18, 2018
Episode 008 - Sarah Elizabeth Stewart | Viral Oncologist
Monday Jun 18, 2018
Monday Jun 18, 2018
Alternate Title: Tumor Has It
Emma tells Emlyn about Sarah Elizabeth Stewart, a Mexican-American researcher who convinced the world that cancer-causing viruses were real, and Emlyn tells Emma about how pollution may promote alzheimers and about Bonobo "doulas"! This episode gets a bit raunchy when we talk about bonobos. You have been warned.
Sources:
Main Story - Sarah Elizabeth Stewart
- Obituary by John P. Utz: http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/canres/37/12/4674.full.pdf
- Biography by Carl Fulghieri and Sharon Bloom in Emerging Infectious Diseases: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4012821/
- Obituary by Bernice Eddy: https://academic.oup.com/jnci/article-abstract/59/4/1039/920231?redirectedFrom=fulltext
- Article: “Ludwik Gross, Sarah Stewart, and the 1950s discoveries of Gross murine leukemia virus and polyoma virus” by Gregory J. Morgan https://www-sciencedirect-com.ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/science/article/pii/S1369848614000946
- The tale of the great cuckoo egg by George Klein. https://www.nature.com/articles/22906
Women who werk
Shoutout #1
- “Dirty air can harm your brain and stress the body” by Lindsey Konkel: https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/dirty-air-can-harm-your-brain-and-stress-body
- L. Calderón-Garcidueñas et al. Hallmarks of Alzheimer disease are evolving relentlessly in Metropolitan Mexico City infants, children and young adults. APOE4 carriers have higher suicide risk and higher odds of reaching NFT stage V at ≤ 40 years of age. Environmental Research.Vol. 164, July 2018, p. 475. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2018.03.023.
Shoutout #2
- Pregnant bonobos get a little delivery help from their friends: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/pregnant-bonobos-get-little-delivery-help-their-friends?tgt=nr
- E. Demuru, P.F. Ferrari and E. Palagi. Is birth attendance a uniquely human feature? New evidence suggests that bonobo females protect and support the parturient. Evolution and Human Behavior. Published online May 9, 2018. doi:10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2018.05.003.