Mildred Cohn Mildred Cohn (1913-2009) developed methods to track the movement of atoms within cells and was the first female […]

Caroline Dean Cellular and developmental biologist Caroline Dean studies the genetic and epigenetic mechanisms by which external temperature regulates the […]

Margaret Oakley Dayhoff (1925-1983) is considered by many to be the founder of bioinformatics, a field that designs and applies […]

Audrey Shields Penn Audrey Shields Penn was the first African-American woman to serve as acting director of a National Institutes […]

Zeloite: it’s not just a great Scrabble word; it’s also a type of microporous mineral with many uses, as shown […]

Veronica Rodrigues Veronica Rodrigues (1953-2010) was an influential neuroscientist who helped cultivate and gain recognition of a thriving biosciences community […]

Last week, we were saddened to hear of the passing of biologist and HIV/AIDS crusader Mathilde Krim who, among other […]

On January 11, we hosted biochemical engineer Dr. Kristi S. Anseth as our first McClintock lecturer of 2018. In her […]

Born in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan in 1880, Kono Yasui grew up in a society built around the ideal of women […]

Michele Dougherty has never been to space in person, but as a Principal Investigator for the international Cassini spacecraft mission, […]