Biotechs
To help and inspire
To help and inspire
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Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Elsie Franklin (biophysicist, chemical-crystallographer) helped with her research to understand the molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, carbon, and graphite. More information about her can be found here! |
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Janaki Ammal
From a family of 19 brothers and sisters, Janaki Ammal was the first female botanist from India and the first Indian woman to get a PhD in botany in the U.S. More information about her can be found here! |
Flossie Wong-Staal
Flossie Wong-Staal, the first scientist to clone and determine the function of the genes of the virus HIV, helped to prove that HIV is the cause of AIDS. More information about her can be found here! |
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Jennifer Doudna
Jennifer Doudna is a co-winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize for developing a method for genome editing. More information about her can be found here! |
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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, who created a school of medicine for women and helped develop women’s medical education in her country, was the first female doctor in England. More information about her can be found here! |
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Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Marie Skłodowska-Curie, chemist and physicist, discovered polonium and radium, and did groundbreaking research on radioactivity. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the only person to receive one in two different sciences. More information about her can be found here! |
Rachel Louise Carson
Rachel Louise Carson, American marine biologist, environmentalist, and author, helped to develop the global environmental movement through her books, primarily Silent Spring. More information about her can be found here! |
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Tu Youyou
Tu Youyou is a Chinese scientist and phytochemist known for her reasearch on the antimalarial substances artemisinin and dihydroartemisinin, which are extremely effective drugs for treating malaria. She is the first Chinese woman to receive a Nobel Prize. More information about her can be found here! |
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Elizabeth Blackwell
Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman to qualify as a doctor in the United States, so the first woman to earn a medical degree in America. More information about her can be found here! |
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Alicia Augusta Ball
Alice Augusta Ball, American chemist, was the one to develop the "Ball Method", which, during the early 20th century, was the most effective way to treat leprosy. More information about her can be found here! |