STEM Fatale Podcast

Episode 029 - Jane Cooke Wright | Oncologist & Surgeon

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

1. “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
2. “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
3. Women Pioneers of Medical Research: Biographies of 25 Outstanding Scientists by King-Thom Chung.
4. 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.

1. 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
2. “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/

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“Work” by Rihanna

“Mary Anning” by Artichoke

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U.S. National Library of Medicine

Episode 028 - Florence Bascom | Geologist

Alternate Title: The United States of Bascom

Emma tells Emlyn about the American geology pioneer and first woman hired to the USGS, Dr. Florence Bascom, and Emlyn tells Emma about gene drives in mammals! 

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Sources

Main Story - Dr. Florence Bascom

1. Arnold, Lois B. “BECOMING A GEOLOGIST: FLORENCE BASCOM IN WISCONSIN, 1874-1887.” Earth Sciences History, vol. 18, no. 2, 1999, pp. 159–179.
2. Arnold, Lois B. “BECOMING A GEOLOGIST: FLORENCE BASCOM AND JOHNS HOPKINS, 1888–1895.” Earth Sciences History, vol. 19, no. 1, 2000, pp. 2–25
3. Ogilvie, Ida H. “Florence Bascom: 1862-1945.” Science, vol. 102, no. 2648, 1945, pp. 320–321.
4. Schafer, Elizabeth D. “Bascom, Florence (1862–1945).” Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Ed. Anne Commire. Vol. 2. Detroit, MI: Yorkin Publications, 2002. pp. 205-211.
5. Schneiderman, Jill S. “A Life of Firsts: Florence Bascom.” GSA Today, July 1997, pp. 8-9
6. Shillito, Lisa-Marie. “Florence Bascom.” https://trowelblazers.com/florence-bascom/

 

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Gene Drive in Mammals

1. Nature article by Grunwald et al. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-0875-2
2. Nature commentary by Bruce Conklin: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00185-y
3. Science News article by Tina Hesman Saey: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/crispr-gene-drive-mice-pest-control-one-step-closer-reality

 

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“Work” by Rihanna

“Mary Anning” by Artichoke

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Lyell collections

Episode 027 - Rosalind Franklin | X-ray Crystallographer

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

1. “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
2. 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.
3. “Rosalind Franklin” by PBS: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/bofran.html
4. Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA by Brenda Maddox
5. “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.

1. https://www.washington.edu/news/2019/01/10/messy-supernova/
2. https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/nasa-knows/what-is-a-supernova.html

 

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“Work” by Rihanna

“Mary Anning” by Artichoke

“Supernova Girl” by Zenon

 

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Ann Ronan Picture Library—World History Archive/age fotostock

 

 

Episode 026 - Gertrude Belle Elion |Biochemist

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

1. Gertrude B. Elion – Biographical. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2019. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1988/elion/biographical/
2. 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
3. American Chemical Society. Gertrude Elion (1918–1999). https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/women-scientists/gertrude-elion.html 
4. Science History Institute. George Hitchings and Gertrude Elion https://www.sciencehistory.org/historical-profile/george-hitchings-and-gertrude-elion
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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

 

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New movie coming out about Mary Anning! https://variety.com/2018/film/news/kate-winslet-saoirse-ronan-ammonite-fossil-hunter-francis-lee-1203090106/  

 

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“Work” by Rihanna

“Mary Anning” by Artichoke

“La Vie Boheme” by Rent

 

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Courtesy of GlaxoSmithKline Inc. Heritage Center.

24 women of STEMmas!

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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Music

“21 questions" by 50 Cent

“Mary Anning” by Artichoke

“No Copyright Music: Christmas Instrumentals” by Heroboard: Music for Creators https://youtu.be/dYyPTy6425U

Episode 024 - Eunice Newton Foote | Climate Scientist

Alternate Title: You, Nice Foot!

Emlyn tells Emma about Eunice Newton Foote, the climate scientist who discovered that carbon dioxide was the main cause of global warming, and Emma tells Emlyn about geckos and coffee! 

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Sources:

Main Story - Eunice Newton Foote

1. The Current, UC Santa Barbara, “Righting a Scientific Wrong”: http://www.news.ucsb.edu/2018/018985/righting-scientific-wrong
2. Wikipedia, “Eunice Newton Foote”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunice_Newton_Foote#cite_note-genealogy-1
3. AAPG Search and Discovery, “Eunice Foote’s Pioneering Research on CO2 and Climate Warming: Update*”: http://www.searchanddiscovery.com/pdfz/documents/2018/70317sorenson/ndx_sorenson.pdf.html
4. Smithsonian Magazine article by Leila McNeil entitled “This Lady Scientist Defined the Greenhouse Effect But Didn’t Get the Credit, Because Sexism”: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/lady-scientist-helped-revolutionize-climate-science-didnt-get-credit-180961291/
5. Think Progress article by Kyla Mandel entitled “This woman fundamentally changed climate science — and you’ve probably never heard of her”: https://thinkprogress.org/female-climate-scientist-eunice-foote-finally-honored-for-her-contributions-162-years-later-21b3cf08c70b/
6. “AMERICAN WOMEN IN SCIENCE BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR” by Elizabeth Wagner Reed: http://www.catherinecreed.com/assets/writings/women_in_science.pdf

 

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Jessica Nirodi and co. describe how geckos (almost) walk on water.

1. 1. Pop Article: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/physics-how-geckos-almost-walk-water?tgt=nr
   2. Paper: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(18)31469-6#%20

Marilyn Cornelis and co. find that coffee drinkers are more likely to perceive bitterness of caffeine.

1. 1. Pop article: https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/2018/11/genetic-variants-in-caffeine-perception/
   2. Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-34713-z

 

Music

“Work” by Rihanna

“Mary Anning” by Artichoke

“PlasmaMash” by Daryl Bolling

Episode 023 - Sofia Kovalevskaya | Mathematics

Alternate Title: Name Drops and Spinning Tops

Emma tells Emlyn about the first woman to get at PhD in Mathematics, Dr. Sofia Kovalevskaya, and Emlyn tells Emma about the burden of antimicrobial resistance in the EU! 

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Sources

Main Story - Sofia (Sonya) Kovalevskaya

1. Alic, Margaret. (1986) Hypatia's heritage : a history of women in science from antiquity to the late nineteenth century. http://www.worldcat.org/title/hypatias-heritage-a-history-of-women-in-science-from-antiquity-to-the-late-nineteenth-century/oclc/1023906461
2. Cooke, R. (1984) The Mathematics of Sonya Kovalevskaya. https://www.springer.com/us/book/9780387960302
3. Lamb, Evelyn (2017) A Few of My Favorite Spaces: The Kovalevskaya Top. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/roots-of-unity/a-few-of-my-favorite-spaces-the-kovalevskaya-top/
4. Ellison, Leigh (2002) Sofia Kovalevskaya. http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Projects/Ellison/index.html
5. Wilson, Becky (1997) Sofia Kovalevskaya. https://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/kova.htm
6. Belits, Yuriy (2005) A Brief Biography of Sofia Kovalevskaya. https://web.archive.org/web/20060920215141/http://www-math.cudenver.edu/~wcherowi/courses/m4010/s05/belitspdf.pdf
7. Meares, Kimberley. The Works of Sonya Kovalevskaya http://www.pdmi.ras.ru/EIMI/2000/sofia/SKpaper.html
   
   

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Tacconelli, E. and M.D. Pezzani (2018). Public health burden of antimicrobial resistance in Europe. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(18)30648-0/fulltext

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“Work” by Rihanna

“Mary Anning” by Artichoke

 

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Wikipedia

 

Episode 022 - Cecilia Helena Payne-Gaposchkin | Astrophysicist

Alternate Title: No Payne, No Gain

Emlyn tells Emma about the astrophysicist that discovered the composition of the sun and stars, Dr. Cecilia Helena Payne-Gaposchkin, and Emma tells Emlyn about midterm election results and the STEMinists headed to Washington!

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Sources

Main Story - Cecilia Helena Payne-Gaposchkin

1. American Physics Society NEWS by Richard Williams: https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201501/physicshistory.cfm
2. American Institute of Physics Interview with Payne-Gaposchkin: https://www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/oral-histories/4620
3. Wikipedia article: ­­­https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilia_Payne-Gaposchkin

 

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1. Many amazing women elected Nov 6, 2018:  https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/us/elections/women-elected-midterm-elections.html
   https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-pol-women-elected/
2. Scientists that won their elections: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/some-takeaways-science-yesterday-s-us-elections
3. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas and former psychiatric nurse) may take over for Lamar Smith as Chair of the House Science Commiittee: https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2018/11/eddie-bernice-johnson-science-returns-to-the-house/
   
   

Music

“Work” by Rihanna

“Mary Anning” by Artichoke

 

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Smithsonian Institution Flickr

Episode 021 - Margaret S. Collins | Entomologist

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

1. Black Women Scientists in the United States by Wini Warren.
2. 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,
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. “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:

1. Edie Hardcastle: Democrat for Indiana State Senate, 49th district. http://hardcastle2018.com/
2. Jasmine Clark: Democrat for Georgia House of Representatives, 108th district. https://www.jasmineclarkforgeorgia.com/
3. Elaine Luria: Democrat for U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia’s 2nd district. https://elaineforcongress.com/
4. Jacky Rosen: Democrat for U.S. Senate from Nevada. https://www.rosenfornevada.com/

Organization helping promote science-oriented candidates: http://www.314action.org/home/

 

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“Work” by Rihanna

“Mary Anning” by Artichoke

 

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Wikipedia

Episode 020 - Maria Sibylla Merian | Ecologist

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

1. Wikipedia Article on Maria Sibylla Merian: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Sibylla_Merian
2. 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
3. New York Times Article by JoAnna Klein: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/23/science/maria-sibylla-merian-metamorphosis-insectorum-surinamensium.html  
4. The Atlantic article by Andrea Wulf: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/01/the-woman-who-made-science-beautiful/424620/
5. 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!!!!

1. 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/
2. 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

 

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“Work” by Rihanna

“Mary Anning” by Artichoke

 

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Wikipedia

Episode 019 - Edith Clarke | Electrical Engineer

Alternate Title: She's Electric! Boogie woogie, woogie!

Emma tells Emlyn about the first female electrical engineer and National Inventor's Hall of Famer, Dr. Edith Clarke, and Emlyn tells Emma about the science of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford! 

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Sources

Main Story - Edith Clarke

1. From Computer to Electrical Engineer: The Remarkable Career of Edith Clarke by James Brittain (1985): https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4321775
2. Clarke’s patent for the Clark Calculator: https://patents.google.com/patent/US1552113A/en 
3. Short biography of Edith Clarke by General Electric: https://www.ge.com/reports/edith-clarke-mother-of-invention/ 
4. Archived NY Times article about Edith’s first talk before the AIEE: https://www.nytimes.com/1926/02/09/archives/woman-addresses-electrical-institute-miss-edith-clarke-the-only-one.html 

 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Blasey_Ford

 

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“Work” by Rihanna

“Mary Anning” by Artichoke

 

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Wikipedia

Episode 018 - Jocelyn Bell Burnell | Nuclear Physicist

Alternate Title: Let's Get Physical

Emlyn tells Emma about Dr. Lise Meitner, the nuclear physicist who was instrumental in the discovery of nuclear fission, and Emma tells Emlyn about Dr. Jocelyn Bell Burnell, who discovered pulsars! 

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Sources

Main Story - Lise Meitner

1. Fission Girl: Lise Meitner’s Escape from Nazi Germany by Melanie Fine
2. Book Review of Lise Meitner: A Life in Physics: https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/reviews/lisemeitner.htm
3. Article from Berkeley Nuclear Research Center: https://web.archive.org/web/20161112205121/http://bnrc.berkeley.edu/Famous-Women-in-Physical-Sciences-and-Engineering/lise-meitner.html

Further reading: Lise Meitner: A Life in Physics by Ruth Lewis Sime.

 

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Jocelyn Bell Burnell receives $3 million Breakthrough Prize for her 1967 discovery of pulsars and lifetime of scientific leadership.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2018/09/08/she-made-discovery-man-got-nobel-half-century-later-shes-won-million-prize/

 

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“Work” by Rihanna

“Mary Anning” by Artichoke

 

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Atomic Heritage Foundation

Episode 017 - Asima Chatterjee | Chemist

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

1. Biography of Asima Chatterjee by Julie Banerji for the Indian National Science Academy. http://www.insaindia.res.in/BM/BM32_0709.pdf
2. Biography in Science Reporter by Shri Dhrubajyoti Chattopadhyay http://nopr.niscair.res.in/bitstream/123456789/42878/1/SR%2054%2810%29%2048-50.pdf
3. Google Arts and Culture Exhibit. https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/rgKiCdKgS8UJIw
4. Biography by S.C. Prakashi. https://www.ias.ac.in/public/Resources/Initiatives/Women_in_Science/Contributors/Chatterjee.pdf
5. 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   

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“Work” by Rihanna

“Mary Anning” by Artichoke

Episode 016 - Roger Arliner Young | Marine Biologist

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

1. The San Diego Supercomputer Center’s Women in Science: https://www.sdsc.edu/ScienceWomen/young.html
2. 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/
3. Scientific American article by DNLee https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/urban-scientist/roger-arliner-young-zoologist/
4. 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:

1. https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/jul/24/academic-writes-270-wikipedia-pages-year-female-scientists-noticed
2. https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/27/health/scientist-women-wikipedia-entries-trnd/index.html

 

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“Work” by Rihanna

“Mary Anning” by Artichoke

 

Episode 015 - Anna Freud | Psychoanalyst

Alternate Title: PNAS Envy

Emma tells Emlyn about the psychoanalyst, Anna Freud, who pioneered the field of child therapy and Emlyn tells Emma about how spiders may alter greenhouse emissions in the arctic! 

 

Sources:

Main Story - Anna Freud 

1. Young-Bruehl, Elisabeth (2008). Anna Freud: A Biography.
2. Anna Freud Biography by the Institute of Psychoanalysis. http://www.psychoanalysis.org.uk/our-authors-and-theorists/anna-freud 
3. Anna Freud Biography by the Freud Museum. https://www.freud-museum.at/online/freud/themen/anna2-e.htm 
4. Gay, Peter (1988). Freud: A Life for Our Time.
5. “Why Freud Survives” by Louis Menand. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/08/28/why-freud-survives  
6. NYTimes Obituary for Anna Freud. https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/1203.html 
7. And check out her very thorough Wikipedia page! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Freud  

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1. Original PNAS article: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/07/17/1808754115 
2. Science news article: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/07/could-tiny-spider-be-helping-arctic-stay-cool 

Music

“Work” by Rihanna
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Frontier Psychiatrist” by The Avalanches

Episode 014 - Eugenie Clark | Ichthyologist

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

1. Biography by NOAA: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/may15/eugenie-clark.html
2. Natural Shark Repellent is Alluring to Scientists (1981): https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/20/science/natural-shark-repellent-is-alluring-to-scientists.html
3. ‘Shark Lady’ Eugenie Clark, Famed Marine Biologist, Has Died: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/02/150225-eugenie-clark-shark-lady-marine-biologist-obituary-science/
4. Obituary by Robert D. McFadden: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/26/us/eugenie-clark-scholar-of-the-life-aquatic-dies-at-92.html
5. Smithsonian biography by Ashley Gallagher: https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/sharks-rays/eugenie-clark-shark-lady
6. Mote Marine Lab Obituary by Hayley Rutger: https://mote.org/news/article/remembering-the-shark-lady-the-life-and-legacy-of-dr.-eugenie-clark
7. 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.
8. 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

 

 

Episode 013 - Dorothy Crawfoot | Protein Crystallographer

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

1. The Nobel Prize: https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1964/hodgkin-bio.html
2. Royal Society of Chemistry: http://www.rsc.org/diversity/175-faces/all-faces/dorothy-hodgkin-om-frs/
3. Science History Institute: https://www.sciencehistory.org/historical-profile/dorothy-crowfoot-hodgkin
4. Ferry, Georgina. (2014) Dorothy Hodgkin: on proteins and patterns. The Lancet,Volume 384, Issue 9953, Pp. 1496-1497.
5. "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
6. 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.
7. 100 years of X-ray Crystallography. http://cen.xraycrystals.org/penicillin.html
8. 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

Episode 012 - Katsuko Saruhashi | Geochemist

Alternate Title: Rubber Duckies and Sea-O2

Emma tells Emlyn about the geochemist, Dr. Katsuko Saruhashi, who studied how fast nuclear fallout travels through the ocean, and Emlyn tells Emma about one of the Intel Foundation Young Scientist Awardees!

 

Sources:

Main Story - Katsuko Saruhashi

1. Biography by Sumiko Hatakeyama: https://japanfeministdebates.wordpress.com/2016/11/30/a-life-story-of-saruhashi-katsuko-1920-2007/
2. Jacob Darwin Hamblin and Linda M. Richards. 2015. Beyond the Lucky Dragon: Japanese Scientists and Fallout Discourse in the 1950s. Historia Scientiarum. 25(1). https://jacobdarwinhamblin.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/hamblin-richards-lucky-dragon-2015.pdf  
3. A Woman Scientist and the Daigo Fukuryū-maru Accident (1954) by Yasuko Hatano for the Nagoya Women’s Studies Research Group Japan: https://nagoyawsrg.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/essays2010.pdf
4. Saruhashi, K., 1953. On the Total Carbonaceous Matter and Hydrogen Ion Concentration in Sea Water-A study on the Metabolism in Natural Water (I)-. Papers in Meteorology and Geophysics. 3(3). https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/mripapers1950/3/3/3_202/_article
5. Morell, V. 1993. Called `Trimates,' Three Bold Women Shaped Their Field. Science, 260(5106). https://www.jstor.org/stable/2881089?pq-origsite=summon&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
6. Otsubo, S. (2007). Women Scientists and Gender Ideology. In A Companion to the Anthropology of Japan, J. Robertson (Ed.).  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9780470996966.ch28#

Extra reading:

1. Paper by Katsuko Saruhashi including the famous Saruhashi table (1955): https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/mripapers1950/6/1/6_38/_pdf/-char/en
2. Autobiography (in Japanese): https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/13188473?q&versionId=15646025
3. An in-depth biography by Fumiko Yonezawa (in Japanese): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Saruhashi-katsuko-ikikata-Fumiko-Yonezawa/dp/4000074970

 

Women who werk

Congratulations to Intel ISEF 2018 Winners! https://www.sciencenews.org/sponsored/congratulations-intel-isef-2018-winners?tgt=nr

 

Music

“Work” by Rihanna

“Mary Anning” by Artichoke

 

Cover Image

Google Doodle

Episode 011 - Mary Golda Ross | Space Engineer

Alternate Title: Fire Planes and the Avian Industry Explosion

This week, Emlyn tells Emma about the Cherokee rocket scientist (i.e. space engineer!), Mary Golda Ross, and Emma tells Emlyn about Earth's core and about why it matters how you refer to female scientists. 

Sources:

Main Story - Mary Golda Ross

1. Article by Cherokee Pheonix newspaper: http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/Article/Index/2470
2. Article by Society of Women Engineers: http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/swe/spring14/index.php#/34
3. Williams JK. Mary Golda Ross: The first native american female engineer. New York Amsterdam News. Mar 2013:28. Available from: http://ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1349940805?accountid=7118
4. NPR Segment on Morning Edition: https://www.npr.org/2015/05/19/407664385/cherokee-chief-john-ross-is-the-unsung-hero-of-jacksonland
5. Wikipedia article on Lockheed Corporation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Corporation
6. Wikipedia article on Lil Abner: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li%27l_Abner
7. Massive Science article by Jenny Howard: https://massivesci.com/articles/mary-golda-ross-cherokee/
8. Smithsonian Magazine article by Andrew Chaikin: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/why-sr-71-blackbird-epitome-cold-war-spycraft-180953402/

 

Further Reading

1. Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab by Steve Inskeep

 

Women who werk

Shoutout #1

• Dr. Jessica Irving and her team develop new models for the Earth’s outer core: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180627160232.htm

Shoutout #2

• PhD Candidate Stav Atir and advisor Dr. Melissa Ferguson found that people refer to male professionals by their surname more often than female professionals, and that this gender bias could negatively impact women in STEM careers. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2172515-calling-men-by-their-surname-gives-them-an-unfair-career-boost/
• Scientific Article: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/06/19/1805284115.short

Music

“Work” by Rihanna

“Mary Anning” by Artichoke

Episode 010 - Sally Ride | Physicist/Astronaut

Alternate Title: Ride Sally Ride!

Emma tells Emlyn about the first American woman and LGBTQ+ astronaut in space, Dr. Sally Ride, and Emlyn tells Emma about mammals going nocturnal and narwhal sounds!

 

Sources:

Main Story - Sally Ride

1. Article by astronaut and engineer Dr. Bonnie J. Dunbar: https://theconversation.com/astronaut-sally-k-rides-legacy-encouraging-young-women-to-embrace-science-and-engineering-97371
2. Interview by Rebecca Wright for NASA in 2002: https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/oral_histories/RideSK/RideSK_10-22-02.htm
3. Interview by Gloria Steinem in 1983 after Sally’s first space flight : https://blankonblank.org/interviews/sally-ride-space-shuttle-first-woman-space-nasa/#read-more
4. Obituary in the NY Times by Denise Grady https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/24/science/space/sally-ride-trailblazing-astronaut-dies-at-61.html?pagewanted=all
5. Article by Dr. Rhea Seddon: http://astronautrheaseddon.com/the-first-six-american-women-astronauts/
6. Review and summary of Lynn Sherr’s book by Andrew Liptak: https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-secret-life-of-sally-ride-the-first-american-woman-1586255004
7. (Extra reading) Sally Ride: America’s First Woman in Space  http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Sally-Ride/Lynn-Sherr/9781476725772
8. Sally Ride Science Website: https://sallyridescience.ucsd.edu/about/   
9. Sally Ride’s UCSD research page: http://casswww.ucsd.edu/archive/personal/sride.html

 

Women who werk

Shoutout #1

1. Gaynor, K. M., Hojnowski, C. E., Carter, N. H. & Brashares, J. S. The influence of human disturbance on wildlife nocturnality. Science 360, 1232–1235 (2018).   

Shoutout #2

1. Here’s what narwhals sound like underwater: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/what-narwhals-sound-underwater?tgt=nr
2. Blackwell SB, Tervo OM, Conrad AS, Sinding MHS, Hansen RG, et al. (2018) Spatial and temporal patterns of sound production in East Greenland narwhals. PLOS ONE 13(6): e0198295. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198295

 

Music

“Mustang Sally” by Wilson Pickett

“Work” by Rihanna

“Mary Anning” by Artichoke

Episode 009 - Louise Pearce | Pathologist

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

1. Chung, K., 1943. (2010). Women pioneers of medical research: Biographies of 25 outstanding scientists. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland.
2. 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/

Episode 008 - Sarah Elizabeth Stewart | Viral Oncologist

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  

1. Obituary by John P. Utz: http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/canres/37/12/4674.full.pdf
2. Biography by Carl Fulghieri and Sharon Bloom in Emerging Infectious Diseases: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4012821/
3. Obituary by Bernice Eddy: https://academic.oup.com/jnci/article-abstract/59/4/1039/920231?redirectedFrom=fulltext
4. 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
5. The tale of the great cuckoo egg by George Klein. https://www.nature.com/articles/22906       

Women who werk

Shoutout #1

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
2. ​​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

1. 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
2. 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.

Episode 000 - STEM Fatale Promo

Learn what this pod is all about!

Episode 007 - Grace Hopper | Computer Scientist

Alternate Title: The Amazing Grace

Emlyn tells Emma about the U.S. Rear Admiral and Computer Scientist, Grace Hopper, and Emma tells Emlyn about the dangers of traveling to mars and the importance of seagrass beds! 

SOURCES:

Main Story - Grace Hopper    

1. Biography of Grace Hopper: https://www.biography.com/people/grace-hopper-21406809
2. Navy Biography: https://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/ddg70/Pages/namesake.aspx
3. https://president.yale.edu/biography-grace-murray-hopper
4. Amazing Women in History: http://www.amazingwomeninhistory.com/amazing-grace-hopper-computer-programmer/
5. New York Time Obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/03/us/rear-adm-grace-m-hopper-dies-innovator-in-computers-was-85.html
6. Computer History Podcast: http://www.computerhistory.org/fellowawards/hall/grace-murray-hopper/

 

Women who werk

1.  Drug prevents brain damage in mice exposed to high levels of radiation. https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2018/05/410421/deep-space-radiation-treatment-reboots-brains-immune-system

2. Seagrass meadow conservation is necessary to maintain fishery health. http://www.swansea.ac.uk/press-office/latest-research/worldsbiggestfisheriessupportedbyseagrassmeadows.php

Episode 006 - Rita Levi-Montalcini | Neurobiologist

Alternate Title: NERVE-ana: In Utero

Emma tells Emlyn about the Italian neurobiologist and nobel laureate, Rita Levi-Montalcini, and Emlyn tells Emma about the mathematical rules of living cells and about males that choose very, very bad mates. 

 

Sources

Main Story - Rita Levi Montalcini  

1. Biography in Treccani http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/rita-levi-montalcini_(Dizionario-Biografico)/
2. Biography in Neurological Sciences https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10072-013-1303-2
3. Obituary: https://source.wustl.edu/2013/01/obituary-nobel-laureate-rita-levimontalcini/
4. Biography in Trends in Cell Biology  https://www.cell.com/trends/cell-biology/fulltext/S0962-8924(04)00143-6?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0962892404001436%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
5. Biography in Nature https://www.nature.com/news/2009/090401/full/458564a.html

Women who werk

Shoutout #1

1. Robyn P. Araujo, Lance A. Liotta. The topological requirements for robust perfect adaptation in networks of any size. Nature Communications, 2018; 9 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04151-6
2. Queensland University of Technology. "Math sheds light on how living cells 'think'." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 2 May 2018. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/05/180502094636.htm

 

Shoutout #2

1. Shevy Waner, Uzi Motro, Yael Lubin, Ally R. Harari. Male mate choice in a sexually cannibalistic widow spider. Animal Behaviour, 2018; 137: 189 DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.01.016
2. American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. "Brown widow male spiders prefer sex with older females likely to eat them afterwards." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 30 April 2018. .

Episode 005 - Chien-Shiung Wu | Physicist

Alternate Title: A Parody of Parity

 

Emlyn tells Emma about the "First Lady of Physics," Chien-Shiung Wu, and Emma tells Emlyn about horses remembering human emotions and about the winner of the AWIS Pinnacle Award!

Sources

Main Story - Chien-Shiung Wu

1. Atomic Heritage Foundation: https://www.atomicheritage.org/profile/chien-shiung-wu
2. National Women’s Hall of Fame: https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/chienshiung-wu/
3. American National Biography: https://doi-org.ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1302686
4. Madame Wu and the Holiday Experiment That Changed Physics Forever: https://gizmodo.com/madame-wu-and-the-holiday-experiment-that-changed-physi-1749319896
5. Inside Story: C S Wu – First Lady of physics research: http://cerncourier.com/cws/article/cern/51556
6. Channeling Ada Lovelace: Chien-Shiung Wu, Courageous Hero of Physics:
   https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/channeling-ada-lovelace-chien-shiung-wu-courageous-hero-of-physics/

Women who werk

1. Horses remember peoples’ facial expressions (Article): https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(18)30364-6?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982218303646%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
2. Science Daily Article about paper: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180426130024.htm
3. Sue Desmond-Hellmann wins 2018 AWIS Pinnacle Award. https://www.awis.org/awis-announces-top-awards-for-stem-and-gender-equity-champions/

 

Trivia

Article: “Almost a Fellow…” by the Royal Society

http://blogs.royalsociety.org/history-of-science/2012/03/08/almost-a-fellow/

Episode 004 - Barbara McClintock | Cytogeneticist

Alternate Title: The A-MAIZE-ing Race

Emma tells Emlyn about the "Mother of Chromosomes," Barbara McClintock, and Emlyn tells Emma about the Bajau people and why male fruit flies like to mate. This episode gets a bit raunchy when we talk about fruit flies. You have been warned.

Sources:

Main Story - Barbara McClintock  

1. A Feeling for the Organism by Evelyn Fox Keller

2. The Tangled Field: Barbara McClintock's Search for the Patterns of Genetic Control by Nathaniel C. Comfort
3. The Barbara McClintock Papers - NIH  https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/ps/retrieve/Narrative/LL/p-nid/45
4. Biography by Cold Spring Harbor Labs http://library.cshl.edu/sp/scientists/barbara_mcclintock/mcclintock_biography.html
5. Biography by American National Biography http://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-1302550

Women who werk

Shoutout #1

1. Larger spleens may help ‘sea nomads’ stay underwater longer: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/larger-spleens-help-bajau-divers-stay-underwater-longer?tgt=nr
2. M. Ilardo et al. Physiological and genetic adaptations to diving in sea nomads. Cell. Published online April 19, 2018. doi:10/1016/j.cell.2018.03.054

Shoutout #2

1. Male Fruit Flies Love to Cum, and Turn to Alcohol If They Can't: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/43b87b/male-fruit-flies-love-to-cum-and-turn-to-alcohol-if-they-cant
2. S. Zer-Krispil et al. Ejaculation induced by the activation of Crz neurons is rewarding to Drosophila males. Current Biology. Vol. 28, May 7, 2018.  doi:10.1016/j.cub.2018.03.039.

 

Trivia

Article: “Almost a Fellow…” by the Royal Society

http://blogs.royalsociety.org/history-of-science/2012/03/08/almost-a-fellow/

Episode 003 - Lillian Moller Gilbreth | Engineer

Alternate Title: She Dozen Have it All

Emlyn tells Emma about the engineer who inspired "Cheaper by the Dozen," Lillian Moller Gilbreth, and Emma tells Emlyn about self-medicating orangutans and the winner of the NSF Waterman Award!

 

 

Sources

Main Story - Lillian Moller Gilbreth

1. The Economist; Gurus; Frank and Lillian Gilbreth https://www.economist.com/node/12060343
2. The management theory of Frank and Lillian Gilbreth. https://www.business.com/articles/management-theory-of-frank-and-lillian-gilbreth/
3. Remembering the Contributions of Engineer Lillian Gilbreth. http://alltogether.swe.org/2017/08/remembering-contributions-engineer-lillian-gilbreth/
4. Feminist Voices, Profile: Lillian Gilbreth. https://www.feministvoices.com/lillian-gilbreth/
5. Lillian Moller Gilbreth Pressed for Inclusion. https://womensenews.org/2009/09/lillian-moller-gilbreth-pressed-inclusion/
6. Episode 59: Lillian Gilbreth. http://thehistorychicks.com/episode-59-lillian-gilbreth/
7. Pictures from Frank and Lillian Gilbreth papers, MSP 7, Box 114, Folder 6, Courtesy Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries

Women who werk

1. Orangutans use plant extracts to treat pain: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/orangutans-use-plant-extracts-to-treat-pain1/
2. Kristina Olson wins NSF Waterman Award: https://www.washington.edu/news/2018/04/12/uws-kristina-olson-wins-nsf-waterman-award-for-studies-of-how-children-see-themselves-and-the-world/

Trivia

(no sources this week)

Episode 002 - Mamie Phipps Clark | Psychologist

Alternate Title: Doleful Dolls

Emma tells Emlyn about the psychologist Mamie Phipps Clark who conducted the doll test for racial self-hate and Emlyn tells Emma about sea ice algae and how to keep your junk safe!

Sources: 

Main Story - Mamie Phipps Clark

1. An interview of Mamie Clark by Ed Edwin from 1976
2. Encyclopedia.com; Clark, Mamie Phipps https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/clark-mamie-phipps
3. Psychology’s Feminist Voices; Profile: Mamie Phipps Clark. https://www.feministvoices.com/mamie-phipps-clark/
4. “The Doll Test for Racial Self-Hate; Did it Ever Make Sense.” https://www.theroot.com/the-doll-test-for-racial-self-hate-did-it-ever-make-se-1790875716
5. “How a Psychologist’s Work on Race Identity Helped Overturn School Segregation in 1950s America” https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/psychologist-work-racial-identity-helped-overturn-school-segregation-180966934/#KxyS5GZY76Y6U6We.99

Women who werk

1. Polar sea ice leads to more productive ocean
   http://www.sciencemag.org.ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/news/2018/04/polar-sea-ice-leads-more-productive-oceans
2. This material uses energy from ambient light to kill hospital superbugs. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/material-uses-energy-ambient-light-kill-hospital-superbugs  

Trivia

(No sources this week)

Episode 001 - Mary Anning | Paleontologist

Alternate Title: Pleasing Plesiosaurs

Emlyn tells Emma about "the greatest fossilist the world ever knew," Mary Anning, and Emma tells Emlyn about the science of farting embarassment, the fate of frogs, and sea turtle kerplunking!

 

Sources: 

Main Story - Mary Anning

1. Emling, Shelley (2011) The Fossil Hunter : Dinosaurs, Evolution, and the Woman Whose Discoveries Changed the World. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave MacMillan. 
2. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/anning.html
3. Wikipedia

Women who werk

1. How to deal with embarrassing situations: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180327102814.htm
2. Frogs rebounding from chytrid fungus: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/29/science/frog-species-panama-fungus-rebound.html
3. Turtles use limbs in foraging: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180328083421.htm

Trivia

(no sources this week)