Episode 074 - Janaki Ammal | Cytologist & Botanist

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

1. “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/ 
   1. Follow Leila McNeil @LEILASEDAI on twitter, check out her website (http://www.leilamcneill.com/) and the Lady Science Magazine (https://www.ladyscience.com/).
2. “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/
3. “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
4. “Janaki Ammal”, Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janaki_Ammal 

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Music 

“Mary Anning” by Artichoke

“Work” by Rihanna

 

Cover Image

File:Dr. EK Janaki Ammal.jpg - Wikimedia Commons