Episodes
Monday Feb 28, 2022
Episode 083 - Marie Maynard Daly | Biochemist
Monday Feb 28, 2022
Monday Feb 28, 2022
Emma tells Emlyn about the American Biochemist, Dr. Marie Maynard Daly.
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Sources
Main Story - Marie Maynard Daly
- Debakcsy, Dale. Marie Maynard Daly (1921-2003), America's First Black Woman Chemist. Women You Should Know. 2018.
- Kessler, James H., et al. Distinguished African American Scientists of the 20th Century. United States, Oryx Press, 1996. https://books.google.com/books?id=-ydHVdMUqdEC&pg=PA57#v=onepage&q&f=false
- Marie Maynard Daly | Science History Institute. 2018.
- DALY, M M et al. “CHOLESTEROL CONCENTRATION AND CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS IN AORTAS OF RATS WITH RENAL HYPERTENSION.” The Journal of clinical investigation vol. 42,10 (1963): 1606-12. doi:10.1172/JCI104845
- Marie M. Daly PhD Memorial Celebration | Graduate Programs in the Biomedical Sciences | Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Women who Work
- Paper: During, M.A.D., Smit, J., Voeten, D.F.A.E. et al. The Mesozoic terminated in boreal spring. Nature (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04446-1
- Additional Paper: DePalma, R.A., Oleinik, A.A., Gurche, L.P. et al. Seasonal calibration of the end-cretaceous Chicxulub impact event. Sci Rep 11, 23704 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-03232-9
- Video: An asteroid killed dinosaurs in spring—which might explain why mammals survived | Ars Technica
- Uppsala University. "The last day of the dinosaurs." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 23 February 2022.
. - “Fossil fish reveal timing of asteroid that killed the dinosaurs.” by Colin Barras. Nature News, 23 February 2022.
Spreadsheet of Labs supporting Ukrainian Scientists: Labs supporting Ukrainian Scientists
Music
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Work” by Rihanna
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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 May 03, 2021
Episode 076 - Inez Whipple Wilder | Herpetologist & Anatomist
Monday May 03, 2021
Monday May 03, 2021
Episode Summary
Emlyn tells Emma all about herpetologist and anatomist Inez Whipple Wilder!
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Sources
Main Story - Inez Whipple Wilder
- Houck, Max M. (2016). Forensic Fingerprints. Elsevier Science. pp. 63–64. ISBN 978-0-12-800672-6.
- The Morphology of Amphibian Metamorphosis, Smith College, 1925
- Wilder, Inez W. 1913 The life history of Desmognathus fusca. The Biological Bulletin. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1086/BBLv24n4p251
- “Inez Whipple Wilder,” Wikipedia.
- Kirakosian, K.V., Swedlund, A.C. Glass Cabinets and Little Black Boxes: The Collections of H. H. Wilder and the Curious Case of His Human-Hair Samples. Hist Arch 53, 280–294 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41636-019-00180-0
Women who Work
- Göttingen University. “Press release: Branching worm with dividing internal organs growing in sea sponge.” 2021. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmor.21356
- Published article: Ponz‐Segrelles, G, Glasby, CJ, Helm, C, et al. Integrative anatomical study of the branched annelid Ramisyllis multicaudata (Annelida, Syllidae). Journal of Morphology. 2021; 1– 17. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21356
- Thiele, Kevin. The World's Weirdest Worm. 2019.
Music
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Work” by Rihanna
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Whipple, Inez L. (1906). "The naso-labial groove of lungless salamanders". Biological Bulletin 11: 1-26.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nasiolabial_groove_of_Desmognathus_fuscus.jpg
Monday Mar 29, 2021
Episode 074 - Janaki Ammal | Cytologist & Botanist
Monday Mar 29, 2021
Monday Mar 29, 2021
Alternate Title: The Sweet Smell of Success
Emlyn tells Emma about the Indian cytologist and plant breeder, Dr. Janaki Ammal!
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Sources
Main Story - Dr. Janaki Ammal
- “Pioneering Female Botanist Who Sweetened a Nation and Saved a Valley” by Leila McNeill, Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/pioneering-female-botanist-who-sweetened-nation-and-saved-valley-180972765/
- Follow Leila McNeil @LEILASEDAI on twitter, check out her website (http://www.leilamcneill.com/) and the Lady Science Magazine (https://www.ladyscience.com/).
- “Celebrating Women’s History Month: Janaki Ammal, India’s First Woman Ph.D in Botany, and a Michigan Connection,” University of Michigan. https://mbgna.umich.edu/celebrating-womens-history-month-janaki-ammal-indias-first-woman-ph-d-in-botany-and-a-michigan-connection/
- “Remembering Dr Janaki Ammal, pioneering botanist, cytogeneticist and passionate Gandhian” by Geeta Doctor, scroll.in. https://scroll.in/article/730186/remembering-dr-janaki-ammal-pioneering-botanist-cytogeneticist-and-passionate-gandhian
- “Janaki Ammal”, Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janaki_Ammal
Women who Work
Music
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Work” by Rihanna
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Monday Feb 22, 2021
Short Stories 4 - Geraldine Pittman Woods | Neuroembryologist
Monday Feb 22, 2021
Monday Feb 22, 2021
Alternate Title: The Facilitator
Emma tells a short story about Dr. Geraldine Pittman Woods, the neuroembryologist turned science administrator and advocate for minorities in STEM.
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Sources
1. Warren, Wini. Black women scientists in the United States. Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1999. https://archive.org/details/blackwomenscient00warr/page/269/mode/1up
2. Woo, Elaine. "Geraldine Woods; Scientist Helped Launch Head Start." Los Angeles Times. 2000. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jan-05-mn-50930-story.html
Music
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Geraldine_Pittman_Woods.gif
Monday Feb 08, 2021
Episode 073 - Jessie Isabelle Price | Bacteriologist
Monday Feb 08, 2021
Monday Feb 08, 2021
Alternate Title: The Duchess of Duck Disease
Emlyn tells Emma about the bacteriologist and duck disease expert, Dr. Jessie Isabelle Price!
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Sources
Main Story - Jessie Price
- Wikipedia, “Jessie Isabelle Price”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessie_Isabelle_Price
- "Doctor to Long Island Ducks". Ebony. September 1964.
- Find a Grave, “Dr. Dorsey William Bruner.” Dr Dorsey William Bruner (1906-1996)
- Gillmer, S. (2018, August 04) Jessie Isabelle Price (1930-2015). https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/price-jessie-isabelle-1930-2015/
- “Dr. Jessie Isabelle Price - Veterinary Microbiologist” by Karel Green, POC2 . https://poc2.co.uk/2019/03/14/dr-jessie-isabelle-price-veterinary-microbiologist/
Women who Work
Music
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Work” by Rihanna
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"Doctor to Long Island Ducks". Ebony. September 1964.
Monday Jan 25, 2021
Episode 072 - Helia Bravo Hollis | Botanist
Monday Jan 25, 2021
Monday Jan 25, 2021
Alternate Title: Bravo, Helia!
Emma tells Emlyn about the famous botanist and Queen of Cacti, Helia Bravo Hollis!
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Sources
Main Story - Helia Bravo Hollis
- Aguilar-Rocha, M. A lifetime among Cacti: Helia Bravo-Hollis – Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- Natural History Museum. Bravo Hollis, Helia (1901-2001) on JSTOR.
- Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Mexican Revolution". Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 May. 2020, https://www.britannica.com/event/Mexican-Revolution.
- Lopez, Alberto. Helia Bravo Hollis, la reina de los cactus. El País. 2018.
- Salcedo Meza, Concepción. Helia Bravo Hollis. ¿Cómoves? 2001.
- Morales-Sandoval, Jesús & Scheinvar, Leia. (2019). The Cactus Explorer Cactus People Histories. Who is Helia Bravo-Hollis?. 2019. 16-22. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334316889_The_Cactus_Explorer_Cactus_People_Histories_Who_is_Helia_Bravo-Hollis
- Bravo-Hollis, Helia. Memorias de una vida y una profesión. Mexico, Instituto de Biología, UNAM, 2004.
Women who Work
- Pan, YY., Nara, M., Löwemark, L. et al. The 20-million-year old lair of an ambush-predatory worm preserved in northeast Taiwan. Sci Rep 11, 1174 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79311-0
- Yu-Yen Pan, Masakazu Nara, Ludvig Löwemark, Olmo Miguez-Salas, Björn Gunnarson, Yoshiyuki Iizuka, Tzu-Tung Chen, Shahin E. Dashtgard. The 20-million-year old lair of an ambush-predatory worm preserved in northeast Taiwan. Scientific Reports, 2021; 11 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-79311-0
- Pennichnus formasae: Homes of Ancient Bobbit Worm were Discovered! https://youtu.be/2ik3L_R9dDA
Music
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Work” by Rihanna
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Helia_Bravo_Hollis.jpg
Monday Nov 30, 2020
Episode 069 - Nettie Maria Stevens | Geneticist
Monday Nov 30, 2020
Monday Nov 30, 2020
Alternate Title: Sex Cells
Emma tells Emlyn about the geneticist Dr. Nettie Maria Stevens, who was one of the first scientists to discover sex determination by chromosomes.
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Sources
Main Story - Nettie Maria Stevens
- Brush, S. (1978). Nettie M. Stevens and the Discovery of Sex Determination by Chromosomes. Isis, 69(2), 163-172. Retrieved November 23, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/230427
- Ogilvie, M., & Choquette, C. (1981). Nettie Maria Stevens (1861-1912): Her Life and Contributions to Cytogenetics. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 125(4), 292-311. Retrieved November 23, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/986332
- Stevens, Nettie Maria. (1901). Studies on Ciliate Infusoria. United States, Hopkins Seaside Laboratory. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Studies_on_Ciliate_Infusoria/8Ic_AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22studies+on+ciliate+infusoria%22&pg=PA1&printsec=frontcover
- O'Connor, C. & Miko, I. (2008) Developing the chromosome theory. Nature Education 1(1):44. https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/developing-the-chromosome-theory-164/#
- Gelling, C. (2016). Nettie Stevens: Sex chromosomes and sexism. Genes to Genomes Blog by GSA. http://genestogenomes.org/nettie-stevens-sex-chromosomes-and-sexism/
Women who Work
- Sara B Weinstein, Katrina Nyawira Malanga, Bernard Agwanda, Jesús E Maldonado, M Denise Dearing. The secret social lives of African crested rats, Lophiomys imhausi. Journal of Mammalogy, 2020 DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyaa127
- University of Utah. "The secret social lives of giant poisonous rats." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 19 November 2020. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201119135403.htm
Music
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Work” by Rihanna
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The Incubator (courtesy of Carnegie Institution of Washington) - http://incubator.rockefeller.edu/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/NettieStevens.jpg
Monday Jul 27, 2020
Episode 061 - Kono Yasui | Cytologist
Monday Jul 27, 2020
Monday Jul 27, 2020
Alternate Title: COALescence
Emma tells Emlyn about Dr. Kono Yasui, an expert plant cytologist and the first woman to receive a doctorate of science in Japan.
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Sources
Main Story - Kono Yasui
- McNeill, Leila. “How a Pioneering Botanist Broke Down Japan’s Gender Barriers.” Smithsonian Magazine. 2017. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-pioneering-botanist-broke-down-japans-gender-barriers-180967595/
- Ochanomizu University “Kono Yasui (1880-1971) - Japan’s First Woman Doctorate of Science.” Ochanomizu University Digital Archives. 2011. http://archives.cf.ocha.ac.jp/en/researcher/yasui_kono.html
- Yamazaki, Miwae. “Where no other dared to go: Kono Yasui (1880-1971) Japan’s First Woman Doctorate of Science.” Blazing a Path: Japanese Women’s Contributions to Modern Science. 2001. http://www.igs.ocha.ac.jp/igs/IGS_publication/pdf/yasui_where.pdf
- HARRINGTON, A. (1987). WOMEN AND HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE JAPANESE EMPIRE (1895—1945). Journal of Asian History, 21(2), 169-186. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41930686?seq=6#metadata_info_tab_contents
Women who Work
- Virginia Tech. "Researchers convert female mosquitoes to nonbiting males with implications for mosquito control." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 14 July 2020. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200714144730.htm
- Azadeh Aryan, Michelle A. E. Anderson, James K. Biedler, Yumin Qi, Justin M. Overcash, Anastasia N. Naumenko, Maria V. Sharakhova, Chunhong Mao, Zach N. Adelman, Zhijian Tu. Nix alone is sufficient to convert female Aedes aegypti into fertile males and myo-sex is needed for male flight. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020; 202001132 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2001132117
Music
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Work” by Rihanna
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Date 28 July 1948
Source "Asahi Graph" July 28, 1948 issue
Author Asahi Shimbun
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kono_Yasui#/media/File:Yasui_Kono.JPG
Monday Jul 13, 2020
Episode 060 - Marie Clark Taylor | Botanist
Monday Jul 13, 2020
Monday Jul 13, 2020
Alternate Title: Carpe Diem
Emlyn tells Emma about the legendary botanist, Dr. Marie Clark Taylor, the first African American woman to receive a PhD in botany. Dr. Taylor was not only a top researcher in her field of photomorphogenesis, but she spent much of her career training science teachers in innovative teaching methods that involved the use of plants.
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Sources
Main Story - Marie Clark Taylor
- “Women of Firsts: Marie Clark Taylor” by Lucy Dinsmore, Women in Horticulture. https://www.womeninhorticulture.com/post/woman-of-firsts-marie-clark-taylor
- Warren, Wini. Black Women Scientists in the United States. Indiana University Press, 1999.
- Plant Science Bulletin, Botanical Society of America, 1957. https://www.botany.org/PlantScienceBulletin/psb-1957-03-2.php
- “New Guinea Campaign”, Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Guinea_campaign
- “Marie Taylor”, Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Taylor
Women who Work
- Devitt, James. “Scientists Discover a New Connection Between the Eyes and Touch.” NYU, 2020. https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2020/july/scientists-discover-a-new-connection-between-the-eyes-and-touch.html
Music
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Work” by Rihanna
Cover Image
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Marie_Clark_Taylor_(1911-1990).jpg
Tuesday May 26, 2020
Episode 057 - Eva Crane | Entomologist & Nuclear Physicist
Tuesday May 26, 2020
Tuesday May 26, 2020
Alternate Title: un-BEE-lievaable
Emma tells Emlyn all about the nuclear physicist turned world-renowned bee researcher, Eva Crane, and Emlyn tells Emma about new research on bumble bee behavior!
Learn more about our podcast and other women in science at our website www.stemfatalepodcast.com
Sources
Main Story - Eva Crane
- Eva Crane: Bee Scientist 1912-2007. United Kingdom, International Bee Research Assn., 2008. https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/6GwZ2ZkADL4C?hl=en&gbpv=1
- Miksha, Ron. “Remembering Eva Crane: Beekeeper and Physicist.” Bad Beekeeping Blog. 2019. https://badbeekeepingblog.com/2019/06/12/remembering-eva-crane-beekeeper-and-physicist/
- Marren, Peter. Obituary for Eva Crane. The Independent. 2007. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/eva-crane-402281.html
- Railton, Francesca. “The secret life of bees: the life and work of Eva Crane.” Royal Botanical Gardens KEW, KEW.org. https://www.kew.org/read-and-watch/the-secret-life-of-bees-the-life-and-work-of-eva-crane
- “About Eva Crane.” Eva Crane Trust. https://www.evacranetrust.org/page/eva-crane
- “Publication Index.” Eva Crane Trust. https://www.evacranetrust.org/page/publication-index
Women who Work
- “Bumblebees Bite Plants to Force Them to Flower (Seriously)” by Jim Daley, Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bumblebees-bite-plants-to-force-them-to-flower-seriously/?amp
- Pashalidou, F. G., Lambert, H., Peybernes, T., Mescher, M. C. & De Moraes, C. M. Bumble bees damage plant leaves and accelerate flower production when pollen is scarce. Science 368, 881 (2020). https://science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6493/881
Music
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Work” by Rihanna
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The Eva Crane Trust
Monday Apr 27, 2020
Monday Apr 27, 2020
Alternate Title: Whoop! (There It Isn't)
Emma tells Emlyn about the scientists that created the first widely used vaccine for whooping cough (pertussis): Dr. Pearl Kendrick, Dr. Grace Eldering, and Loney Clinton Gordon.
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Sources
Main Story
- Shapiro-Shapin, Carolyn G. “‘A Whole Community Working Together’: Pearl Kendrick, Grace Eldering, and the Grand Rapids Pertussis Trials, 1932-1939.” Michigan Historical Review, vol. 33, no. 1, 2007, pp. 59–85. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/20174193.
- Killian, Eryn. “The Trailblazer.” University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library. https://bentley.umich.edu/features/the-trailblazer/
- Shift7 for Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls. “Pearl Kendrick, Grace Eldering, and Loney Clinton Gordon developed the whooping cough and single dose DTP vaccines” https://amysmartgirls.com/20for2020-pearl-kendrick-grace-eldering-and-loney-clinton-gordon-developed-the-pertussis-and-c035f2858d6
- CDC pages on Pertussis/Whooping Cough. https://www.cdc.gov/pertussis/index.html
- Finding aid for the Michigan women and the whooping cough vaccine collection. Collection 328. The Pearl Kendrick and Grace Eldering papers, Katherine Chase scrapbook and other sources Finding aid prepared by Jill Bannink. This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit May 24, 2013. Describing Archives: A Content Standard. https://www.grpl.org/uploads/grhsc/328.pdf
- Shapiro-Shapin, Carolyn G. “Pearl Kendrick, Grace Eldering, and the Pertussis Vaccine.” Emerging Infectious Diseases. www.cdc.gov/eid. Vol. 16, No. 8. August 2010. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/9198/ba161ce6ecbb2c6816e10cc7e4ef28625048.pdf?_ga=2.142500848.35409263.1587737011-1375607549.1587737011
- Santa Fe Institute News. “Study: Is the whooping cough resurgence due to vaccinated people not knowing they’re infectious?” 2015. https://www.santafe.edu/news-center/news/althouse-scarpino-whooping-cough-asymptomatic
- Marks, Harry M. “The Kendrick-Eldering-(Frost) pertussis vaccine field trial.” Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. vol. 100,5 (2007): 242-7. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1861415/
Women who Work
- Guardian Article about the success of female leaders in containing covid-19: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/25/why-do-female-leaders-seem-to-be-more-successful-at-managing-the-coronavirus-crisis
Music
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Work” by Rihanna
Cover Image
Lt: Pearl Kendrick (Image courtesy of U-M Library Digital Collections. Bentley Image Bank, Bentley Historical Library). Center: Grace Eldering (Image via Grand Rapids History and Special Collections (GRHSC), Archives, Grand Rapids Public Library, Grand Rapids, Michigan) Rt: Loney Clinton Gordon (image via Michigan Women Forward).
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.
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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
Wednesday Dec 04, 2019
Episode 048 - Beatrix Potter | Mycologist and Writer
Wednesday Dec 04, 2019
Wednesday Dec 04, 2019
Alternate Title: Flopsy, Mopsy, and Fungi
Emma tells Emlyn about the mycologist and famous children's book writer, Beatrix Potter, and Emlyn tells Emma about an eight-year-old girl from Mexico whose IQ rivals Einstein!
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Sources
Main Story - Beatrix Potter
- Lear, Linda. Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature. 2008. https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780312369347/page/130
- Gardiner, B.G. “Beatrix Potter’s fossils and her interest in geology.” 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101126154132/http://linnean.org/fileadmin/images/Beatrix_Potter/BPotter_fossils.pdf
- Debakcsy, Dale. “Mushrooms, Fossils, And A Pen To Draw Them With: Beatrix Potter, Naturalist.” 2019. https://womenyoushouldknow.net/beatrix-potter-naturalist/
- “The Scientific Tale of Author Beatrix Potter.” Science Friday. 2016. https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/the-scientific-tale-of-author-beatrix-potter/
- Fleming, Nic. “Beatrix Potter: Pioneering Scientist or Passionate Amateur?” BBC. 2016. http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160215-beatrix-potter-pioneering-scientist-or-passionate-amateur
- Gristwood, Sarah. The Story of Beatrix Potter. 2016. https://books.google.ca/books?id=EvQcDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT99#v=onepage&q&f=false
Women who Werk - Adhara Perez
- “8-Year-Old Mexican Girl, Who Was Bullied and Labeled 'Weird,' Has Higher IQ Than Einstein: Report” by Benjamin VanHoose. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/8-old-mexican-girl-bullied-182500208.html
- “Ella es Adhara Pérez: la niña mexicana que tiene (casi) el mismo IQ que Albert Einstein” by Karina Gonzalez Ulloa. https://www.vogue.mx/estilo-de-vida/articulo/adhara-perez-sanchez-nina-mexicana-prodigio-quien-es
Music
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Work” by Rihanna
Cover Image
Wikipedia
Monday Sep 09, 2019
Episode 042 -Ynes Mexia | Botanist
Monday Sep 09, 2019
Monday Sep 09, 2019
Alternate Title: The Late Bloomer
Emma tells Emlyn about Ynes Mexia, the late-blooming botanist that collected over 150,000 plants during her short career, and Emlyn tells Emma about a new climate change podcast, the Warm Regards Podcast!
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Sources
Main Story - Ynes Mexia
- Siber, Kate. “How Finding Rare Plants Saved Ynes Mexia’s Life.” 2019. Outside Online. https://www.outsideonline.com/2390204/ynes-mexia-plant-collector
- Marks, Gabriela S. “Meet Ynes Mexia, late-blooming botanist whose adventures rival Darwin’s.” 2018. Massive Science. https://massivesci.com/articles/ynes-mexia-our-heroes/
- Radcliffe, Jane. “Ynes Mexia (1870-1938).” California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/library/special/bios/Mexia.pdf
- "Mexia, Ynes (1870–1938)." Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. . Encyclopedia.com. (September 8, 2019). https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/mexia-ynes-1870-1938
- Carter, Annetta. Interview of N. Floy Brocelin. "The Ynés Mexía botanical collections : oral history transcript / 1983." https://archive.org/stream/ynsmexabotan00bracrich/ynsmexabotan00bracrich_djvu.txt
- Kiernan, Elizabeth. “Late Bloomer: The Short, Prolific Career of Ynes Mexia.” 2015. NYBG. https://www.nybg.org/blogs/science-talk/2015/02/late-bloomer-the-short-prolific-career-of-ynes-mexia/
- Shor, E. (2000, February). Mexia, Ynes Enriquetta Julietta (1870-1938), botanical collector. American National Biography. https://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-1302002
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- Warm Regards Podcast - https://slate.com/technology/2016/06/introducing-warm-regards-a-new-climate-change-podcast.html
- https://soundcloud.com/warmregardspodcast/the-dangers-of-doing-science-in-the-field
Music
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
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California Academy of Sciences
Monday Aug 26, 2019
Episode 041 - Margaret Dayhoff | Bioinformatician
Monday Aug 26, 2019
Monday Aug 26, 2019
Alternate Title: Proteins: Gotta Catch 'Em All!
Emlyn tells Emma about the founder of bioinformatics and modern sequence databases, Dr. Margaret Dayhoff, and Emma tells Emlyn about the winners of the Science Fiction Hugo Awards!
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Sources
Main Story - Dr. Margaret Dayhoff
- “How Margaret Dayhoff brought Modern Computing to Biology” by Leila McNeill. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-margaret-dayhoff-helped-bring-computing-scientific-research-180971904/
- Wikipedia page on Margaret Dayhoff. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Oakley_Dayhoff
- Professor Margaret Dayhoff: https://www.whatisbiotechnology.org/index.php/people/summary/Dayhoff
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- Gartenberg, Chaim. “Women swept through the Hugo awards -- again.” The Verge 2019. https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/19/20812571/hugo-award-2019-winners-worldcon-mary-robinette-kowal-best-novel-into-the-spider-verse
- More info: http://www.thehugoawards.org/
Music
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
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By Ruth Dayhoff
Monday Jul 29, 2019
Episode 039 - Frances Oldham Kelsey | Pharmacologist
Monday Jul 29, 2019
Monday Jul 29, 2019
Alternate Title: The Drug Detective
Emlyn tells Emma about the FDA scientist, Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey, that kept the birth-defect causing drug, Thalidomide, off the shelves in the US, and Emma tells Emlyn about the *power* of vitamin supplements!
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Sources
Main Story - Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey
- Transcripts of Dr. Kelsey: https://www.fda.gov/media/89162/download
- "Frances Oldham Kelsey: Medical reviewer famous for averting a public health tragedy" : https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/virtual-exhibits-fda-history/frances-oldham-kelsey-medical-reviewer-famous-averting-public-health-tragedy
- "The Woman Who Stood Between America and a Generation of ‘Thalidomide Babies’" by Leila McNeill: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/woman-who-stood-between-america-and-epidemic-birth-defects-180963165/
- Wikipedia article about Frances Oldham Kelsey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Oldham_Kelsey
- "Frances Oldham Kelsey, Who Saved U.S. Babies From Thalidomide, Dies at 101" by Robert D. McFadden: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/08/science/frances-oldham-kelsey-fda-doctor-who-exposed-danger-of-thalidomide-dies-at-101.html?_r=0
- Biography of Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey: https://cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov/physicians/biography_182.html
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Johns Hopkins Medicine. "Vast majority of dietary supplements don't improve heart health or put off death, study finds." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 16 July 2019. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/07/190716095529.htm
Music
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
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Wikipedia
The White House
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
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- 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
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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
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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
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Stanford University
Monday Feb 18, 2019
Episode 029 - Jane Cooke Wright | Oncologist & Surgeon
Monday Feb 18, 2019
Monday Feb 18, 2019
Alternate Title: The Fairy Godmother of Chemotherapy
Emlyn tells Emma about the revolutionary oncologist and surgeon who contributed immensely to chemotherapy, Dr. Jane Cooke Wright, and Emma tells Emlyn about the hidden female figures behind population genetics!
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Sources
Main Story - Jane Cooke Wright
- “WOMEN IN SCIENCE: JANE C. WRIGHT REVOLUTIONIZED CANCER RESEARCH (1919-2013)” by Dr. Ellen Elliot. https://www.jax.org/news-and-insights/jax-blog/2016/november/women-in-science-jane-wright
- “A Passion for Solving the Puzzle of Cancer: Jane Cooke Wright, M.D., 1919-2013” by Sandra M. Swain. http://theoncologist.alphamedpress.org/content/18/6/646.full
- Women Pioneers of Medical Research: Biographies of 25 Outstanding Scientists by King-Thom Chung.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_C._Wright
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Researchers discover some of the “hidden figures” of population genetics by scouring old papers’ acknowledgement sections for female scientists whose contributions have been overlooked.
- Illuminating Women’s Hidden Contribution to Historical Theoretical Population Genetics. Samantha Kristin Dung, Andrea López, Ezequiel Lopez Barragan, Rochelle-Jan Reyes, Ricky Thu, Edgar Castellanos, Francisca Catalan, Emilia Huerta-Sánchez and Rori V. Rohlfs. GENETICS. February 1, 2019 vol. 211 no. 2 363-366; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.118.301277
- “The Women Who Contributed to Science but Were Buried in Footnotes” by Ed Yong: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/02/womens-history-in-science-hidden-footnotes/582472/
Music
“Work” by Rihanna
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
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U.S. National Library of Medicine
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
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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??
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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 Oct 29, 2018
Episode 021 - Margaret S. Collins | Entomologist
Monday Oct 29, 2018
Monday Oct 29, 2018
Alternate Title: Midtermites!
This week Emma tells Emlyn about the entomologist and civil rights activist (a.k.a. "the termite lady"), Dr. Margaret S. Collins, and Emlyn tells Emma about four female scientists running for office this November in IN, GA, VA, and NV!
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Sources
Main Story - Margaret S. Collins
- Black Women Scientists in the United States by Wini Warren.
- Carey, Charles W. "Collins, Margaret S. (1922–1996) Zoologist." African Americans in Science: An Encyclopedia of People and Progress, vol. 1, ABC-CLIO, 2008, pp. 51-52. Gale Virtual Reference Library,
- Child Prodigy, Pioneer Scientist, and Women and Civil Rights Advocate: Dr. Margaret James Strickland Collins (1922–1996) by Vernard R. Lewis. http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0235
- Strickland, M. (1950), Differences in Toleration of Drying between Species of Termites (Reticulitermes). Ecology, 31: 373-385. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/showCitFormats?doi=10.2307%2F1931492
- Jensen’s AAAS Fellowship. Science 20 May 1977: Vol. 196, Issue 4292, pp. 832. http://science.sciencemag.org/content/196/4292/832.1/tab-article-info
- “Margaret Collins: Scholar, Civil Rights Activist, and Mentor” by Lisa Fthenakis, March 27, 2018. https://siarchives.si.edu/blog/margaret-collins-scholar-civil-rights-activist-and-mentor
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Candidates:
- Edie Hardcastle: Democrat for Indiana State Senate, 49th district. http://hardcastle2018.com/
- Jasmine Clark: Democrat for Georgia House of Representatives, 108th district. https://www.jasmineclarkforgeorgia.com/
- Elaine Luria: Democrat for U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia’s 2nd district. https://elaineforcongress.com/
- Jacky Rosen: Democrat for U.S. Senate from Nevada. https://www.rosenfornevada.com/
Organization helping promote science-oriented candidates: http://www.314action.org/home/
Music
“Work” by Rihanna
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
Cover art
Wikipedia
Monday Oct 15, 2018
Episode 020 - Maria Sibylla Merian | Ecologist
Monday Oct 15, 2018
Monday Oct 15, 2018
Alternate Title: MetamoOoOoOorphosis
Emlyn tells Emma about the OG ecologist and professionally-trained artist, Maria Sibylla Merian, who described the life cycle and plant host use of ~200 insect species, and Emma tells Emlyn about the research of Nobel Prize winners Dr. Strickland and Dr. Arnold!
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Sources
Main Story - Maria Sibylla Merian
- Wikipedia Article on Maria Sibylla Merian: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Sibylla_Merian
- Nature Ecology and Evolution article by Luíseach Nic Eoin: https://natureecoevocommunity.nature.com/users/18000-luiseach-nic-eoin/posts/14366-maria-sibylla-merian-1647-1717
- New York Times Article by JoAnna Klein: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/23/science/maria-sibylla-merian-metamorphosis-insectorum-surinamensium.html
- The Atlantic article by Andrea Wulf: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/01/the-woman-who-made-science-beautiful/424620/
- Essay by Kay Etheridge, entitled: “Maria Sibylla Merian: The First Ecologist?” https://www.researchgate.net/publication/256297016_Maria_Sibylla_Merian_The_first_ecologist
Further reading:
Chrysalis: Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis by Kim Todd
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Two women won 2018 Nobel Prizes in the Sciences!!!!
- Dr. Donna Strickland won a prize in Physics for her work on Chirped Pulse Amplification: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/10/nobel-prize-physics-donna-strickland-gerard-mourou-arthur-ashkin/571909/
- Dr. Frances Arnold won a prize in Chemistry for her work on direct evolution of enzymes:http://www.caltech.edu/news/frances-arnold-wins-2018-nobel-prize-chemistry-83926 and https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/nobel-winner-overcame-personal-loss-cancer-being-woman-n916391
Music
“Work” by Rihanna
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
Cover art
Wikipedia
Monday Sep 03, 2018
Episode 017 - Asima Chatterjee | Chemist
Monday Sep 03, 2018
Monday Sep 03, 2018
Alternate Title: Back to Basics (a.k.a. Alkaloids)
Emma tells Emlyn about one of the first Indian women to receive a PhD, Dr. Asima Chatterjee, who studied the organic chemistry of plants, and Emlyn tells Emma about insects that vomit cooperatively!
Sources
Main Story - Asima Chatterjee
- Biography of Asima Chatterjee by Julie Banerji for the Indian National Science Academy. http://www.insaindia.res.in/BM/BM32_0709.pdf
- Biography in Science Reporter by Shri Dhrubajyoti Chattopadhyay http://nopr.niscair.res.in/bitstream/123456789/42878/1/SR%2054%2810%29%2048-50.pdf
- Google Arts and Culture Exhibit. https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/rgKiCdKgS8UJIw
- Biography by S.C. Prakashi. https://www.ias.ac.in/public/Resources/Initiatives/Women_in_Science/Contributors/Chatterjee.pdf
- Article containing historical info about usage of Rauwolfia plants for medicinal purposes. By Douglas Lobay. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4566472/
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Nature write-up about paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05853-z
Original Article: http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/285/1884/20180466
Music
“Work” by Rihanna
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
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
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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
Monday Jul 23, 2018
Episode 013 - Dorothy Crawfoot | Protein Crystallographer
Monday Jul 23, 2018
Monday Jul 23, 2018
Alternate Title: Crystal Math
Emlyn tells Emma about the founder of protein crystallography, Dr. Dorothy Crawfoot Hodgkin, and Emma tells Emlyn about how spiders use electric fields to balloon!
Sources:
Main Story - Dorothy Hodgkin
- The Nobel Prize: https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1964/hodgkin-bio.html
- Royal Society of Chemistry: http://www.rsc.org/diversity/175-faces/all-faces/dorothy-hodgkin-om-frs/
- Science History Institute: https://www.sciencehistory.org/historical-profile/dorothy-crowfoot-hodgkin
- Ferry, Georgina. (2014) Dorothy Hodgkin: on proteins and patterns. The Lancet,Volume 384, Issue 9953, Pp. 1496-1497.
- "Principles, Structure and Activities of Pugwash For the Eleventh Quinquennium (2007–2012)". https://web.archive.org/web/20030819053554/http:/www.pugwash.org/about/principles.htm
- Dorothy Hodgkin and her contributions to biochemistry, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, Nov 2013. http://link.galegroup.com.ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/apps/pub/2IIA/SCIC?u=txshracd2598&sid=SCIC.
- 100 years of X-ray Crystallography. http://cen.xraycrystals.org/penicillin.html
- Thatcher and Hodgkin: How chemistry overcame politics, BBC News: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-28801302
Women who werk
- Study: Erica L. Morley and Daniel Robert show that electric fields elicit spider ballooning behavior. Video and article in Current Biology: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982218306936?via%3Dihub
- Article summarizing study’s findings: “The electric flight of spiders” by Ed Wong. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/07/the-electric-flight-of-spiders/564437/
Music
“Work” by Rihanna
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Bad Things” by Jace Everett
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/