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Happy birthday to #physicist Lise Meitner (1878-1968) who explained #nuclear #fission. She worked with chemists Hahn & Straßmann in 30s Berlin, investigating whether there were any stable elements beyond uranium. They discovered bombarding nucleus of U-235 with neutrons actually triggered it to fission, or break, into 2 nuclei of roughly half the size & some free neutrons! Hahn’s chemistry lead to startling discovery of barium,🧵

#linocut #printmaking #sciart #histsci #womenInSTEM ⁠ #MastoArt


Happy birthday to #biochemist Marie Maynard Daly (1921-2003), 1st Black woman to earn a PhD in #chemistry in the US! She made important research contributions to our understanding of the biochemisty of the cell nucleus & cardiovascular issues & the chemistry of histones & protein synthesis. She established that "no bases other than adenine, guanine, thymine, and cytosine were present in appreciable amounts" in DNA - #womenInSTEM #BlackInSTEM #histstm #printmaking #linocut #histmed #HeartDisease


SpaceX Starlink satellites photobombed my northern lights photos in Iceland!

#space #science #spacex #astrodon #womeninstem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hTnctQLCIk


Whenever I’m feeling burnt out with work, #outreach is a guaranteed way to get reinvigorated! Had a blast this week exploring #TampaBay #plankton samples with a local Girl Scout troop! #USFCMS #GirlScouts #GirlScoutAlum #womeninSTEM #science


This is Elisabeth Wollman (1888-1943). Her life was extraordinary & her legacy is phenomenal.

In collaboration with her husband, Eugène, she was a pioneer of what became molecular genetics. This pic is her Pasteur Institute portrait from the early 1920s.

Their groundbreaking work was carried on by a colleague & their son, leading to a Nobel prize & more.

CW: The Wollmans' lives were ended in Auschwitz.

I've just created her Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Wollman

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#WomenInSTEM


Today I learned the word ‘scientist’ was coined in 1834 to describe Mary Somerville, replacing the term ‘man of science’.

#science #WomenInSTEM

https://www.themarginalian.org/2016/12/26/mary-somerville-scientist/


An extraordinary pharmaceutical #chemist to celebrate for #BlackHistoryMonth - Alice Ball (1892-1916) who developed 1st effective treatment for #leprosy. Her research saved 1000s from exile & painful, ineffective lifelong treatment for leprosy, & she was a trailblazer for both women & Black scientists.⁠

Ball studied #chemistry at UW earning a BSc & 2nd degree in pharmacy 2 years later.

#printmaking #sciart #BlackInSTEM #womenInSTEM #histstm


Imagen all she could have accomplished if she hadn't died so young. #historydon #WomenInSTEM


I’m doing a project featuring little-known women of science as a part of my studies as a lab technician.
I’ll be drawing some portraits and illustrating the research and discoveries of some interesting scientists✨

Let’s start!

🧬Nettie Stevens. American geneticist who discovered chromosomes X/Y by studying Mealworms (Tenebrio molitor)

#science #womeninstem #womeninscience #molecularbiology #genetics #mastoart #portrait #research #art #ciencia


¡Estamos de regreso! 🙌 Y nada mejor que comenzar con este calendario donde puedes consultar efemérides de mujeres relevantes en ciencia y tecnología de todo el mundo.

Un gran trabajo de Lorena Fernández que celebramos y compartimos.
➡️ http://blog.loretahur.net/calendario-women-in-stem

#WomenInSTEM #MujeresEnSTEM


Not all heroes wear spacesuits.

In 2015 #OTD, President Barack Obama awarded former @nasa mathematician Katherine Johnson the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, for her contributions to early spaceflight: https://go.nasa.gov/3EQKqBp
#WomenInSTEM
#NASAhistory


Hello there! 🧬 Biochemist and 🖥️ R programmer from # speaking. I like reading sci-fi & fantasy and watching TV shows. Feminisms and #. Hope to meet like-minded people and see many cat's pics :BlobCatHeart:

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