#barbaramcclintock

[piaisabelvargas]

Source: Who Am I? II: Test Your Biography IQ Based on the Biography Magazine Column by David Goldman

[katiajewelbox]

Women’s History Month March 2024

Discover a bouquet of women botanists and plant scientists from history!

Barbara McClintock

Why does Native American flint corn (Zea mays) often have a multicoloured mosaic pattern of kernel colours? The biological answer is transposons or “jumping genes”! Dr. Barbara McClintock (June 16, 1902 – September 2, 1992) was the American cytogeneticist who discovered that certain genetic loci can change position on chromosomes, a phenomenon called “transposition”, using multicoloured corn as the model organism between 1948 and 1950. McClintock courageously pursued her calling as a biologist despite societal attitudes discriminating against women in scientific careers. She went on to win the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for her work on transposons.

Janaki Ammal

The first woman to earn a PhD in botany at a university in the USA was actually from India! Janaki Ammal (4 November 1897 – 7 February 1984) was born in Kerala, India, to a family of civil servants. She travelled to the USA via scholarships for Asian students and earned both a Masters degree and PhD from the University of Michigan by 1931. At the John Innes Centre in the UK, she co-authored the Chromosome Atlas of Cultivated Plants (1945). Later in her career she worked on breeding superior varieties of sugarcane and eggplant in her home country.

Estelle Leopold

A botanist interested in both the past and the future of plant life, Estelle Leopold (January 8, 1927 – February 25, 2024) pioneered the use of fossilised pollen and spores to document environmental changes over vast time periods. Her research uncovered connections between climate change and evolution plus extinction of plant species, including trends of the central regions of continents experiencing more species turnover than coastal areas. Her work as a conservationist led to the protection of the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument in Colorado, and she also helped prevent the building of dams in the Grand Canyon as well as oil shale development and the transport of nuclear waste in the Pacific Northwest.

#womeninscience#womenshistorymonth#plantscience#botany#barbaramcclintock#scientist#womenscientists#botanists#janakiammal#estelleleopold#history#inspiringwomen#WomenInSTEM#womeninplantscience#PlantBiology

[medschooltutors]

Some inspiring words this #NobelPrizeDay from #NobelPrize winner #BarbaraMcClintock. #MondayMotivation https://www.medschooltutors.com/blog/get-inspired

[docnad]

Inscribed in December 2001 by Ian Falconer, Paul Auster, Barbara McClintock, Kaz, Jules Feiffer, Art Spiegelman & Françoise Mouly Little Lit: The Series, Signed buff.ly/3bJO3KH #IanFalconer #Kaz #JulesFeiffer #PaulAuster #ArtSpiegelman #FrancoiseMouly #BarbaraMcClintock https://www.instagram.com/p/CPKFlXFhDYx/?utm_medium=tumblr

[twothangspopart]

I'm not a #baseballdude but pretty happy I got to do a #redsox painting before I left town with this news they just dropped today! #twothangs: pioneering #femalescientists and the Sox! Featuring #mariecurie, #rosalindfranklin, #barbaramcclintock, #sallyride, #katherinejohnson and the #greenmonster (at Fenway Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CC9sfY6Jns0/?igshid=1lz10fsgil3qj

[noodlenuts]

Our very first picture book biography recommendation, and it's a doozy! Today, in honour of Women's Equality Day, I'm recommending Cheryl Bardoe's "Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain" (2018), the story of the first woman to win a Grand Prize from France's Royal Academy of Sciences. 📚📙📗 Great for a slightly older audience (6+), this is the story of the inimitable Sophie, a young woman in the 18th century fascinated by numbers and all that could be done with them, and determined to use that love to accomplish great things, despite constant discouragement from everyone around her, including her own parents. Stubborn and brilliant, Sophie forged her own path despite them all. A wonderfully inspiring STEM story with a historical twist! ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ #noodlenutskidsbooks #nothingstoppedsophie #sophiegermain #cherylbardoe #barbaramcclintock #mathematician #femalemathematicians #math #numbers #womeninmath #womeninmathematics #goldenkiteaward #nationalwomensequalityday #equalrights #heroicwomen #womeninstem #stem #stemgirls #girlsinmath #breakingbarriers #smartwomen #womenbreakingbarriers #igreads #nonfiction #nonfictionforkids #readinglist #awardwinner #awardwinningchildrensbooks #mathpicturebooks #stempicturebooks https://www.instagram.com/p/B1o1xOznD-2/?igshid=13gfzcr61dtrw

[southbostonbitch]

Late but I had to share I love this ⚾️🤼‍♀️🤹‍♀️ . . . . Reposted from @two.thangs - Oh wait, it's opening day on this coast too! Two Thangs: your reigning world series champions the Boston Red Sox and pioneering female scientists! Rosalind Franklin, Marie Curie, Barbara McClintock, Sally Ride and Katherine Johnson working together to get that out. Happy baseball day , you baseballers! #art #arthub #artist #artistofinstagram #redsox #boston #bostonredsox #internationalwomansday #woman #wearesisters #sistersaredoingitforthemselves #sallyride #mariecurie #barbaramcclintock #katherinejohnson #openingday #baseball #spring #rosalindfranklin #badbitches #throwlikeagirl #aleagueoftheirown https://www.instagram.com/p/BwQvkuflUMl/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=4rqw891pliql

[definition-is-to-be-blog]

Is to be Barbara Mcclintok | Women in Science! Pioneer of genetic research. So advance she was 30 years ahead in research that was yet to be realised. In her own words listen to how she persevered amidst the naysayers! #celebratewomen #womeninscience #womenpower #feminist #definitiontribe #barbaramcclintock

[pebblescorner33]

#dailyquotes #barbaramcclintock

[paint-your-history]

Another commission for Ganga Library Washington D.C. Barbara McClintock Nobel Medicine Prize Laureate for 1983 - Painted by Tim Tompkins from PaintHistory.com. http://www.gangalib.org/ #portrait #portraiture #barbaramcclintock #nobelprize

[ginaglover]

Very excited start of new project for 2018 exhibition @newhallartcollection a collaboration with @elizacjg and #sarahfranklin #lucyvandeweil @reprosoc, looking at #maize #corn #experiment based on #barbaramcclintock revolutionary understanding of #genes. Experiments with extraordinary gardener #JoCobb in the fabulous #murrayedwardscollege garden #cambridge. Great challenge to know what I with make, have to try and understand these jumping #genes (at Murray Edwards College Cambridge)

[bardo1129]

#science #women #barbaramcclintock #amwriting #tvwriting #screenwriting #filmmaking #painting #FREECALEO (at New York, New York)

[makiislaurie]

Bueno, él es Omar :) fue mi monitor del campamento Chile VA! 2012 de Mejillones c’: Fue una de las maravillosas personas que conocí en esa hermosa travesía…simpático, espontáneo, cariñoso, culto…no sé, simplemente una persona hermosa. Me enseñó muchas cosas que jamás nunca en 12 años de educaciòn me hubiesen enseñado, me generó preguntas que jamás hubiese pensado, abrió mi mente en un mundo gigantezco y me enseñ óqué es realmente la vida :’)… Gracias por todo…espero que podamos encontrarnos de nuevo. “La vida es una carrera, pero no de velocidad, sino de resistencia”…

[twothangspopart]

#ripkatherinejohnson! What an amazing use of your 101 years on this planet. I am lucky that I got a chance to paint you as a part of this wonderful piece with #mariecurie, #rosalindfranklin, #sallyride and #barbaramcclintock last year. This painting was ordered by a badass female scientist at Boston children's hospital and I always get excited when the print sells to other bad ass female scientists arou d the country at the booth (just happened again down in Philly last month!). #twothangs: pioneering #femalescientist s and the#boston #redsox. #shepersisted (at Fenway Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/B89lJhCJkoc/?igshid=13lwjkrqvedtn