WiSE Wednesday posts
Women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) often don’t get the recognition they deserve. To help rectify this situation, Cold […]
Nina Chhita
“Science” and “art” are often portrayed as “opposites” but Nina Chhita brings them together, producing beautiful illustrations to draw attention […]
Roberta Colman
Biochemist Roberta (Bobbie) F. Colman (1938-2019) passed away at the end of 2019, and while you might have missed the […]
Lizabeth Allison
If you want to learn about molecular biology, Dr. Lizabeth Allison is a good person to turn to – she […]
Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Elsie Franklin was born in London, England July 25, 1920 and despite a tragically short life (she died in […]
Christina Koch
Astronaut and electrical engineer Christina Koch went for a dramatic finish to 2019 – on December 28, her 289th day […]
Molly Gale Hammell
This WiSE Wednesday we honor the 2019 WiSE faculty mentor awardee, computational biologist and Associate Professor Dr. Molly Gale Hammell […]
Lucy Wills
In the early 1920s, hematologist Lucy Wills studied a blood disorder called prenatal macrocytic anemia, which was causing impoverished pregnant […]
Virginia Man-Yee Lee
If you watched the Breakthrough Prize (sometimes called the “Oscars for scientists”) last weekend – Dr. Virginia Man-Yee Lee likely […]
Ilona Banga
Ilona Banga was a Hungarian biochemist who co-discovered actomyosin – the actin/myosin combo that allows muscles to contract so you […]
