WhatisBiotechnologyOn this day in 1909: Virginia Apgar born, introduced the Apgar Score test for assessing health of newborn babies #WomenInBiotech
On this day in 1949: Susan Lindquist born, major pioneer in protein folding and champion of using yeast to study biological problems #WomenInBiotech
On this day in 1910: Dorothy C Hodgkin born, pioneered protein & x-ray crystallography #WomenInBiotech #NobelPrize, #ThisDayInBiotech
On this day in 1888: Lucy Willis born, discovered importance of folic acid for preventing anaemia in pregnancy #WomenInBiotech
On this day in 1912: Nettie Stevens died. She showed chromosomes help determine the sex of certain species #ThisDayInBiotech #WomenInBiotech
On this day in 1964: Lucy Willis died, discovered importance of folic acid for preventing anaemia in pregnancy #WomenInBiotech
On this day in 1958: Rosalind E Franklin died, produced photo 51 - 1st image of DNA double-helix #WomenInBiotech #ThisDayInBiotech
On this day in 1921: Mary Daly born, pioneer African-American women biochemist who studied effect of cholesterol & sugars on the heart #WomenInBiotech
On this day in 1961: Carol Greider born, won 2009 #NobelPrize for discovering telomerase, an enzyme that helps elongate chromosomes #WomenInBiotech
On this day in 1901: Hattie Alexander born, developed 1st effective treatment against Hib & 1st to identify antibiotics resistance #WomenInBiotech #ThisDay
