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Ada Yonath
Ada E. Yonath is an Israeli crystallographer best known for her pioneering work on the structure of the ribosome.
Ada E. Yonath is an Israeli crystallographer best known for her pioneering work on the structure of the ribosome.
Agnes Arber
Agnes Robertson Arber was a renowned British plant morphologist and anatomist, historian of botany and philosopher of biology.
Agnes Robertson Arber was a renowned British plant morphologist and anatomist, historian of botany and philosopher of biology.
Alejandra Bravo
María Alejandra Bravo de la Parra (born on 29 April 1961) is a Mexican biochemist who was laureated with the 2010 L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science – Latin America for her work on a bact...
María Alejandra Bravo de la Parra (born on 29 April 1961) is a Mexican biochemist who was laureated with the 2010 L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science – Latin America for her work on a bact...
Alice L. Kibbe
Dr. Alice L. Kibbe (1881 - 1969), botanist, was Professor and Chair of Biology at Carthage College in Carthage, Illinois from 1920 to 1956.
Dr. Alice L. Kibbe (1881 - 1969), botanist, was Professor and Chair of Biology at Carthage College in Carthage, Illinois from 1920 to 1956.
Ana María López Colomé
Ana María López Colomé is a distinguished Mexican biochemist who won the 2002 L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science – Latin America for her studies on the human retina and the prevention of ...
Ana María López Colomé is a distinguished Mexican biochemist who won the 2002 L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science – Latin America for her studies on the human retina and the prevention of ...
Anat Cohen-Dayag
Anat Cohen-Dayag Ph.D. is an Israeli business woman.
Anat Cohen-Dayag Ph.D. is an Israeli business woman.
Anita Roberts
Anita B. Roberts (April 3, 1942 – May 26, 2006) was a molecular biologist who made pioneering observations of a protein, TGF-β, that is critical in healing wounds and bone fractures and th...
Anita B. Roberts (April 3, 1942 – May 26, 2006) was a molecular biologist who made pioneering observations of a protein, TGF-β, that is critical in healing wounds and bone fractures and th...
Ann Kiessling
Dr. Ann A. Kiessling is an American reproductive biologist and is currently one of the leaders in human parthenogenic stem cell research at The Bedford Stem Cell Research Foundation.
Dr. Ann A. Kiessling is an American reproductive biologist and is currently one of the leaders in human parthenogenic stem cell research at The Bedford Stem Cell Research Foundation.
Anne H. Ehrlich
Anne Howland Ehrlich (born Anne Fitzhugh Howland, November 17, 1933 in Des Moines, Iowa) is the co-author of several books on overpopulation and ecology with her husband, Stanford University pro...
Anne Howland Ehrlich (born Anne Fitzhugh Howland, November 17, 1933 in Des Moines, Iowa) is the co-author of several books on overpopulation and ecology with her husband, Stanford University pro...
Anne McLaren
Dame Anne Laura Dorinthea McLaren, DBE, FRS, FRCOG (26 April 1927 – 7 July 2007) was the daughter of Henry McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway and Christabel McNaughten.
Dame Anne Laura Dorinthea McLaren, DBE, FRS, FRCOG (26 April 1927 – 7 July 2007) was the daughter of Henry McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway and Christabel McNaughten.
Anne Simon
Dr. Anne Simon, Ph.D. was the science advisor of the American TV series The X-Files.
Dr. Anne Simon, Ph.D. was the science advisor of the American TV series The X-Files.
Annie Francé-Harrar
Annie Francé-Harrar (* December 2, 1886 Munich, Germany; † January 23, 1971 Hallein, Austria) was an Austrian writer and scientist.
Annie Francé-Harrar (* December 2, 1886 Munich, Germany; † January 23, 1971 Hallein, Austria) was an Austrian writer and scientist.
Barbara A. Schaal
Barbara Anna Schaal (born 1947 in Berlin, Germany, naturalized in 1956) American scientist, evolutionary biologist, is a professor at Washington University in St. Louis and vice president of the...
Barbara Anna Schaal (born 1947 in Berlin, Germany, naturalized in 1956) American scientist, evolutionary biologist, is a professor at Washington University in St. Louis and vice president of the...
Barbara McClintock
Barbara McClintock, the 1983 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, was an American scientist and one of the world's most distinguished cytogeneticists.
Barbara McClintock, the 1983 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, was an American scientist and one of the world's most distinguished cytogeneticists.
Beatrice Mintz
Beatrice Mintz is an American embryologist who has contributed to the understanding of genetic modification, cellular differentiation and cancer, particularly melanoma.
Beatrice Mintz is an American embryologist who has contributed to the understanding of genetic modification, cellular differentiation and cancer, particularly melanoma.
Berta Lutz
Berta Maria Júlia Lutz (August 2, 1894, São Paulo – September 16, 1976, Rio de Janeiro) was a zoologist, and scientist who became a leading figure of the feminist movement in Brazil.
Berta Maria Júlia Lutz (August 2, 1894, São Paulo – September 16, 1976, Rio de Janeiro) was a zoologist, and scientist who became a leading figure of the feminist movement in Brazil.
Beth Shapiro
Beth A. Shapiro (born 1976) is an American evolutionary molecular biologist.
Beth A. Shapiro (born 1976) is an American evolutionary molecular biologist.
Birutė Galdikas
Birutė Marija Filomena Galdikas, OC, is a primatologist, conservationist, ethologist, and author of several books relating to the endangered orangutan, particularly the Bornean orangutan.
Birutė Marija Filomena Galdikas, OC, is a primatologist, conservationist, ethologist, and author of several books relating to the endangered orangutan, particularly the Bornean orangutan.
Cara Santa Maria
Cara Santa Maria is an American neuroscientist and science educator.
Cara Santa Maria is an American neuroscientist and science educator.
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (born October 20, 1942 in Magdeburg) is a German biologist who won the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1991 and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Med...
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (born October 20, 1942 in Magdeburg) is a German biologist who won the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1991 and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Med...
Cynthia Kenyon
Cynthia Jane Kenyon is an American molecular biologist and biogerontologist known for her genetic dissection of aging in a tiny worm, Caenorhabditis elegans.
Cynthia Jane Kenyon is an American molecular biologist and biogerontologist known for her genetic dissection of aging in a tiny worm, Caenorhabditis elegans.
Dawn Prince-Hughes
Dawn Prince-Hughes, is an anthropologist, primatologist, and ethologist who received her M.A. and PhD in interdisciplinary anthropology from the Universität Herisau in Switzerland.
Dawn Prince-Hughes, is an anthropologist, primatologist, and ethologist who received her M.A. and PhD in interdisciplinary anthropology from the Universität Herisau in Switzerland.
Deborah Charlesworth
Deborah Charlesworth (née Maltby) FRS FRSE (born March 13, 1943) is a British evolutionary biologist.
Deborah Charlesworth (née Maltby) FRS FRSE (born March 13, 1943) is a British evolutionary biologist.
Diane Griffin
Dr. Diane Griffin, MD, Ph.D is the Alfred and Jill Sommer Professor and Chair of the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Dr. Diane Griffin, MD, Ph.D is the Alfred and Jill Sommer Professor and Chair of the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Dorothy Hodgkin
Dorothy Mary Hodgkin OM, FRS, née Crowfoot, was a British chemist, credited with the development of protein crystallography.
Dorothy Mary Hodgkin OM, FRS, née Crowfoot, was a British chemist, credited with the development of protein crystallography.
Dorothy M. Needham
Dorothy Mary Moyle Needham FRS (22 September 1896, London – 22 December 1987) was an English biochemist known for her work on the biochemistry of muscle.
Dorothy Mary Moyle Needham FRS (22 September 1896, London – 22 December 1987) was an English biochemist known for her work on the biochemistry of muscle.
Elaine Fuchs
Elaine V. Fuchs is an American cell biologist, famous for her work on the biology and molecular mechanisms of mammalian skin and skin diseases, and has led the modernization of dermatology.
Elaine V. Fuchs is an American cell biologist, famous for her work on the biology and molecular mechanisms of mammalian skin and skin diseases, and has led the modernization of dermatology.
Elizabeth Lee Hazen
Elizabeth Lee Hazen (August 24, 1885–June 24, 1975) born in Mississippi is most known for her contribution to the development of nystatin.
Elizabeth Lee Hazen (August 24, 1885–June 24, 1975) born in Mississippi is most known for her contribution to the development of nystatin.
Elizabeth Peckham
George William Peckham (March 23, 1845 - January 10, 1914) and Elizabeth Maria Gifford Peckham (December 19, 1854 - February 11, 1940) were early American teachers, taxonomists, ethologist...
George William Peckham (March 23, 1845 - January 10, 1914) and Elizabeth Maria Gifford Peckham (December 19, 1854 - February 11, 1940) were early American teachers, taxonomists, ethologist...
Ellen Vitetta
Ellen Vitetta is the director of the Cancer Immunobiology Center at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.
Ellen Vitetta is the director of the Cancer Immunobiology Center at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.
Esther Lederberg
Esther Miriam Zimmer Lederberg (December 18, 1922 – November 11, 2006) was an American microbiologist and immunologist and pioneer of bacterial genetics.
Esther Miriam Zimmer Lederberg (December 18, 1922 – November 11, 2006) was an American microbiologist and immunologist and pioneer of bacterial genetics.
Esther Orozco
María Esther Orozco Orozco (born April 25, 1945 in San Isidro, Guerrero, Chihuahua) is a Mexican biologist, researcher and politician.
María Esther Orozco Orozco (born April 25, 1945 in San Isidro, Guerrero, Chihuahua) is a Mexican biologist, researcher and politician.
Eugenia Del Pino
Eugenia Maria del Pino Veintimilla (born 1945, Quito, Ecuador) is a developmental biologist at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador (Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador) in Quito.
Eugenia Maria del Pino Veintimilla (born 1945, Quito, Ecuador) is a developmental biologist at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador (Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador) in Quito.
Eugenie Clark
Eugenie Clark, sometimes referred to as The Shark Lady, is an American ichthyologist known for her research on poisonous fish of the tropical seas and on the behavior of sharks.
Eugenie Clark, sometimes referred to as The Shark Lady, is an American ichthyologist known for her research on poisonous fish of the tropical seas and on the behavior of sharks.
Eva Nogales
Dr. Eva Nogales (b. Madrid, Spain) is a biophysicist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Dr. Eva Nogales (b. Madrid, Spain) is a biophysicist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
F. Gwendolen Rees
Florence Gwendolen Rees, FRS (3 July 1906 — 4 October 1994) was a British zoologist and parasitologist.
Florence Gwendolen Rees, FRS (3 July 1906 — 4 October 1994) was a British zoologist and parasitologist.
Florence Wambugu
Florence Muringi Wambugu (born August 23, 1953) is a plant pathologist and virologist.
Florence Muringi Wambugu (born August 23, 1953) is a plant pathologist and virologist.
Gertrude Simmons Burlingham
Gertrude Simmons Burlingham (1872–1952) was an early 20th century mycologist best known for her work on American Russula and Lactarius and pioneering the use of microscopic spore feature...
Gertrude Simmons Burlingham (1872–1952) was an early 20th century mycologist best known for her work on American Russula and Lactarius and pioneering the use of microscopic spore feature...
Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka
Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka (born 8 January 1970) is a veterinarian and founder of Conservation Through Public Health, an organization dedicated to the coexistence of endangered mountain gorillas, o...
Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka (born 8 January 1970) is a veterinarian and founder of Conservation Through Public Health, an organization dedicated to the coexistence of endangered mountain gorillas, o...
Helen Dean King
Helen Dean King (1869-1955) was an American biologist.
Helen Dean King (1869-1955) was an American biologist.
Irene Uchida
Irene Ayako Uchida, is a Canadian scientist and Down's Syndrome researcher.
Irene Ayako Uchida, is a Canadian scientist and Down's Syndrome researcher.
Iris M. Ovshinsky
Iris M. Ovshinsky (July 13, 1927-August 16, 2006) was the co-founder of ECD Ovonics with her husband Stanford R. Ovshinsky, and served as Vice President from its founding in 1960 until her death.
Iris M. Ovshinsky (July 13, 1927-August 16, 2006) was the co-founder of ECD Ovonics with her husband Stanford R. Ovshinsky, and served as Vice President from its founding in 1960 until her death.
Isobel Bennett
Isobel Eliza Toom Bennett AO (9 July 1909 – 12 January 2008) was one of Australia's best-known marine biologists.
Isobel Eliza Toom Bennett AO (9 July 1909 – 12 January 2008) was one of Australia's best-known marine biologists.
Jane Goodall
Dame Jane Morris Goodall, (born Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall on 3 April 1934), is a British primatologist, ethologist, anthropologist, and UN Messenger of Peace.
Dame Jane Morris Goodall, (born Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall on 3 April 1934), is a British primatologist, ethologist, anthropologist, and UN Messenger of Peace.
Jane Lubchenco
Dr. Jane Lubchenco (born December 4, 1947) is a Ukrainian-American environmental scientist and marine ecologist.
Dr. Jane Lubchenco (born December 4, 1947) is a Ukrainian-American environmental scientist and marine ecologist.
Janet Kear
Janet Kear, OBE, was an English ornithologist.
Janet Kear, OBE, was an English ornithologist.
Janet Rowley
Janet Davison Rowley (born April 5, 1925) is an American human geneticist and the first scientist to identify a chromosomal translocation as the cause of leukemia and other cancers.
Janet Davison Rowley (born April 5, 1925) is an American human geneticist and the first scientist to identify a chromosomal translocation as the cause of leukemia and other cancers.
Janice E. Clements
Janice Ellen Clements is Vice Dean for Faculty at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the Mary Wallace Stanton Professor of Faculty Affairs.
Janice Ellen Clements is Vice Dean for Faculty at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the Mary Wallace Stanton Professor of Faculty Affairs.
Jeanne Villepreux-Power
Jeanne Villepreux-Power was a pioneering female French marine biologist who in 1832 was the first person to create aquaria for experimenting with aquatic organisms.
Jeanne Villepreux-Power was a pioneering female French marine biologist who in 1832 was the first person to create aquaria for experimenting with aquatic organisms.
Joan A. Steitz
Joan Argetsinger Steitz is a molecular biologist at Yale University, famed for her discoveries involving RNA, including ground-breaking insights such as that ribosomes interact with mRNA by comp...
Joan Argetsinger Steitz is a molecular biologist at Yale University, famed for her discoveries involving RNA, including ground-breaking insights such as that ribosomes interact with mRNA by comp...
Joan Roughgarden
Joan E. Roughgarden is an American evolutionary biologist.
Joan E. Roughgarden is an American evolutionary biologist.
Joan Slonczewski
Joan Lyn Slonczewski (born 1956) is an American biologist at Kenyon College and a science fiction writer who explores biology and space travel.
Joan Lyn Slonczewski (born 1956) is an American biologist at Kenyon College and a science fiction writer who explores biology and space travel.
Judith Goslin Hall
Judith Goslin Hall, OC is a pediatrician, clinical geneticist and dysmorphologist who is a dual citizen of the United States and Canada.
Judith Goslin Hall, OC is a pediatrician, clinical geneticist and dysmorphologist who is a dual citizen of the United States and Canada.
Kathleen Taylor
Kathleen Taylor is a research scientist in the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics at the University of Oxford.
Kathleen Taylor is a research scientist in the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics at the University of Oxford.
Kiki Sanford
Kirsten "Kiki" Sanford was previously an American research scientist in neurophysiology at the University of California, Davis and is a specialist in learning and memory.
Kirsten "Kiki" Sanford was previously an American research scientist in neurophysiology at the University of California, Davis and is a specialist in learning and memory.
Leslie Barnett
Leslie Barnett (born Margaret Leslie Collard, 12 Oct 1920, died 10 Feb 2002) was a British biologist born in London, together with Francis Crick, Sydney Brenner and Richard J. Watts-Tobin genet...
Leslie Barnett (born Margaret Leslie Collard, 12 Oct 1920, died 10 Feb 2002) was a British biologist born in London, together with Francis Crick, Sydney Brenner and Richard J. Watts-Tobin genet...
Lillian Dyck
Lillian Eva Quan Dyck (born August 24, 1945) is a Canadian senator from Saskatchewan.
Lillian Eva Quan Dyck (born August 24, 1945) is a Canadian senator from Saskatchewan.
Lisa Hensley
Lisa Hensley is a microbiologist in the virology division of USAMRIID, the (United States Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases).
Lisa Hensley is a microbiologist in the virology division of USAMRIID, the (United States Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases).
Lucia Galeazzi Galvani
Lucia Galeazzi Galvani was an Italian scientist.
Lucia Galeazzi Galvani was an Italian scientist.
Lydia Rabinowitsch-Kempner
Lydia Rabinowitsch-Kempner (August 22, 1871 – August 3, 1935) was an American physician.
Lydia Rabinowitsch-Kempner (August 22, 1871 – August 3, 1935) was an American physician.
Lynn J. Rothschild
Dr. Lynn J. Rothschild (born May 11, 1957) is an evolutionary biologist, astrobiologist and synthetic biologist at NASA's Ames Research Center, and a consulting Professor at Stanford University...
Dr. Lynn J. Rothschild (born May 11, 1957) is an evolutionary biologist, astrobiologist and synthetic biologist at NASA's Ames Research Center, and a consulting Professor at Stanford University...
Lynn Margulis
Lynn Margulis was an American biologist and University Professor in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Lynn Margulis was an American biologist and University Professor in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
M. Christine Zink
M. Christine "Chris" Zink DVM, PhD, ACVP, is the director of the Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
M. Christine "Chris" Zink DVM, PhD, ACVP, is the director of the Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Margaret Fountaine
Margaret Elizabeth Fountaine (16 May 1862 Norwich - 21 April 1940 Trinidad), a Victorian lepidopterist and diarist, was born in Norfolk, the eldest of seven children of an English country clergy...
Margaret Elizabeth Fountaine (16 May 1862 Norwich - 21 April 1940 Trinidad), a Victorian lepidopterist and diarist, was born in Norfolk, the eldest of seven children of an English country clergy...
Margaret Morse Nice
Margaret Morse Nice was an American ornithologist who made an extensive study of the life history of the Song Sparrow and was author of Studies in the Life History of the Song Sparrow.
Margaret Morse Nice was an American ornithologist who made an extensive study of the life history of the Song Sparrow and was author of Studies in the Life History of the Song Sparrow.
Margaret Oakley Dayhoff
Dr. Margaret Belle (Oakley) Dayhoff (March 11, 1925 – February 5, 1983) was an American physical chemist and a pioneer in the field of bioinformatics.
Dr. Margaret Belle (Oakley) Dayhoff (March 11, 1925 – February 5, 1983) was an American physical chemist and a pioneer in the field of bioinformatics.
Marian Stamp Dawkins
Marian Ellina Stamp Dawkins (born 13 February 1945) is professor for animal behaviour at the University of Oxford, where she heads the Animal Behaviour Research Group.
Marian Ellina Stamp Dawkins (born 13 February 1945) is professor for animal behaviour at the University of Oxford, where she heads the Animal Behaviour Research Group.
Marilyn Farquhar
Marilyn Gist Farquhar (born before 1940) is a pathologist and cellular biologist with a doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley.
Marilyn Gist Farquhar (born before 1940) is a pathologist and cellular biologist with a doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley.
Marjolein Kriek
Dr. Marjolein Kriek is a Dutch clinical geneticist at the Leiden University Medical Centre.
Dr. Marjolein Kriek is a Dutch clinical geneticist at the Leiden University Medical Centre.
Mary F. Lyon
Mary Frances Lyon, FRS is an English geneticist, who is best known for her discovery of X-chromosome inactivation, an important cytogenetic phenomenon.
Mary Frances Lyon, FRS is an English geneticist, who is best known for her discovery of X-chromosome inactivation, an important cytogenetic phenomenon.
Mary Stuart MacDougall
Mary Stuart MacDougall was an American biologist who studied protozoology.
Mary Stuart MacDougall was an American biologist who studied protozoology.
Mary-Claire King
Mary-Claire King is an American human geneticist.
Mary-Claire King is an American human geneticist.
María de los Ángeles Alvariño González
María de los Ángeles Alvariño González (October 3 1916 – May 29 2005) was a Spanish oceanographer.
María de los Ángeles Alvariño González (October 3 1916 – May 29 2005) was a Spanish oceanographer.
Maxine Singer
Maxine Frank Singer (born February 15, 1931) is an American molecular biologist and science administrator.
Maxine Frank Singer (born February 15, 1931) is an American molecular biologist and science administrator.
Mayana Zatz
Mayana Zatz (Tel Aviv, July 16, 1947) is a Brazilian molecular biologist and geneticist.
Mayana Zatz (Tel Aviv, July 16, 1947) is a Brazilian molecular biologist and geneticist.
Mina Bissell
Mina J. Bissell, Ph.D., is an Iranian American biologist and a world-recognized leader in the area of the role of extracellular matrix and microenvironment in regulation of tissue-specific funct...
Mina J. Bissell, Ph.D., is an Iranian American biologist and a world-recognized leader in the area of the role of extracellular matrix and microenvironment in regulation of tissue-specific funct...
Miriam Rothschild
Dame Miriam Louisa Rothschild DBE, FRS was a British natural scientist and author with contributions to zoology, entomology, and botany.
Dame Miriam Louisa Rothschild DBE, FRS was a British natural scientist and author with contributions to zoology, entomology, and botany.
Morag Crichton Timbury
Morag Crichton Timbury FRSE FRCP FRCPath (born c. 1930) is a Scottish medical virologist, bacteriologist and science writer.
Morag Crichton Timbury FRSE FRCP FRCPath (born c. 1930) is a Scottish medical virologist, bacteriologist and science writer.
Morgan Dee Voon
Morgan Dee Voon, was born in rural Austria-Hungary, north east of Vienna, in June 1825 and died on March 12, 1870 in Brno (now part of the Czech Republic).
Morgan Dee Voon, was born in rural Austria-Hungary, north east of Vienna, in June 1825 and died on March 12, 1870 in Brno (now part of the Czech Republic).
Nalini Nadkarni
Nalini Nadkarni is an American ecologist who pioneered the study of Costa Rican rain forest canopies.
Nalini Nadkarni is an American ecologist who pioneered the study of Costa Rican rain forest canopies.
Nancy Andrews (biologist)
Nancy C. Andrews is an American biologist noted for her research on iron homeostasis.
Nancy C. Andrews is an American biologist noted for her research on iron homeostasis.
Nancy Hopkins (scientist)
Nancy Hopkins, an American molecular biologist, is the Amgen, Inc. Professor of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Nancy Hopkins, an American molecular biologist, is the Amgen, Inc. Professor of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Nicole King
Nicole King is a MacArthur Fellow (2005), and faculty member at the University of California, Berkeley in molecular and cell biology and integrative biology.
Nicole King is a MacArthur Fellow (2005), and faculty member at the University of California, Berkeley in molecular and cell biology and integrative biology.
Nicole Marthe Le Douarin
Nicole Marthe Le Douarin (born 20 August 1930, Lorient, France) is a developmental biologist, famed for her studies of chimeras, which have led to critical insights regarding higher animal nervo...
Nicole Marthe Le Douarin (born 20 August 1930, Lorient, France) is a developmental biologist, famed for her studies of chimeras, which have led to critical insights regarding higher animal nervo...
Pascale Cossart
Pascale Cossart is an award-winning bacteriologist at the Pasteur Institute of Paris, and the foremost authority on Listeria monocytogenes, a deadly and common food-borne pathogen responsibl...
Pascale Cossart is an award-winning bacteriologist at the Pasteur Institute of Paris, and the foremost authority on Listeria monocytogenes, a deadly and common food-borne pathogen responsibl...
Patricia Adair Gowaty
Patricia Adair Gowaty is an American evolutionary biologist.
Patricia Adair Gowaty is an American evolutionary biologist.
Patricia Baird
Patricia Ann Baird, (born 11 October 1939) is a British geneticist active in Canada.
Patricia Ann Baird, (born 11 October 1939) is a British geneticist active in Canada.
Philip Lawley
Philip D. Lawley is an British chemist, best know for demonstrating that DNA damage was the base cause of cancer.
Philip D. Lawley is an British chemist, best know for demonstrating that DNA damage was the base cause of cancer.
Philippa Marrack
Philippa "Pippa" Marrack FRS is an English biologist, based in the United States, best-known for her research into T cell development, T cell apoptosis and survival, adjuvants, autoimmune diseas...
Philippa "Pippa" Marrack FRS is an English biologist, based in the United States, best-known for her research into T cell development, T cell apoptosis and survival, adjuvants, autoimmune diseas...
Polly Matzinger
Polly Celine Eveline Matzinger is an iconoclastic scientist who proposed a novel explanation of how the immune system works, called the danger model.
Polly Celine Eveline Matzinger is an iconoclastic scientist who proposed a novel explanation of how the immune system works, called the danger model.
Rita Levi-Montalcini
Rita Levi-Montalcini (born 22 April 1909), Knight Grand Cross is an Italian neurologist who, together with colleague Stanley Cohen, received the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for th...
Rita Levi-Montalcini (born 22 April 1909), Knight Grand Cross is an Italian neurologist who, together with colleague Stanley Cohen, received the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for th...
Rosa Smith Eigenmann
Rosa Smith Eigenmann was the first notable female ichthyologist; first publishing in her own right, she later collaborated with her husband Carl H. Eigenmann, and some 150 species of fish are to...
Rosa Smith Eigenmann was the first notable female ichthyologist; first publishing in her own right, she later collaborated with her husband Carl H. Eigenmann, and some 150 species of fish are to...
Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Elsie Franklin was a British biophysicist and X-ray crystallographer who made critical contributions to the understanding of the fine molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal and...
Rosalind Elsie Franklin was a British biophysicist and X-ray crystallographer who made critical contributions to the understanding of the fine molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal and...
Runhild Gammelsæter
Runhild Gammelsæter is a musician notable for being the vocalist for the American bands Thorr's Hammer and Khlyst.
Runhild Gammelsæter is a musician notable for being the vocalist for the American bands Thorr's Hammer and Khlyst.
Ruth Arnon
Ruth Arnon (Hebrew: רות ארנון) is an Israeli biochemist and codeveloper of the multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone.
Ruth Arnon (Hebrew: רות ארנון) is an Israeli biochemist and codeveloper of the multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone.
Ruth Hubbard
Ruth Hubbard (born 1924) is Professor Emerita of Biology at Harvard University, where she was the first woman to hold a tenured professorship position in biology.
Ruth Hubbard (born 1924) is Professor Emerita of Biology at Harvard University, where she was the first woman to hold a tenured professorship position in biology.
Ruth Turner
Ruth Dixon Turner (1915 - April 30, 2000) was a pioneering U.S. marine biologist who became the world's expert on Teredinidae or shipworms, a taxonomic family of wood-boring bivalve mollusks whi...
Ruth Dixon Turner (1915 - April 30, 2000) was a pioneering U.S. marine biologist who became the world's expert on Teredinidae or shipworms, a taxonomic family of wood-boring bivalve mollusks whi...
Saba Valadkhan
Dr. Saba Valadkhan is an Iranian American biomedical scientist, and an Assistant Professor and RNA researcher at Case Western Reserve University.
Dr. Saba Valadkhan is an Iranian American biomedical scientist, and an Assistant Professor and RNA researcher at Case Western Reserve University.
Sallie W. Chisholm
Sallie W. (Penny) Chisholm is a U.S. biological oceanographer.
Sallie W. (Penny) Chisholm is a U.S. biological oceanographer.
Salome Gluecksohn-Waelsch
Salome Gluecksohn-Waelsch (October 6, 1907, Gdańsk – November 7, 2007, New York) was a German-born U.S. geneticist and co-founder of developmental genetics.
Salome Gluecksohn-Waelsch (October 6, 1907, Gdańsk – November 7, 2007, New York) was a German-born U.S. geneticist and co-founder of developmental genetics.
Sandra Steingraber
Sandra Steingraber (born 1959) is an American biologist, author, and cancer survivor in the tradition of Rachel Carson.
Sandra Steingraber (born 1959) is an American biologist, author, and cancer survivor in the tradition of Rachel Carson.
Sara Hestrin-Lerner
Sara Hestrin-Lerner is a physiologist.
Sara Hestrin-Lerner is a physiologist.
Shirley M. Tilghman
Shirley Marie Tilghman, FRS is a Canadian scholar in molecular biology and an academic administrator, the President of Princeton University.
Shirley Marie Tilghman, FRS is a Canadian scholar in molecular biology and an academic administrator, the President of Princeton University.
Stephanie Schwabe
Stephanie Jutta Schwabe ( in Germany) is a geomicrobiologist.
Stephanie Jutta Schwabe ( in Germany) is a geomicrobiologist.
Sue Hartley
Sue Hartley is a British ecologist and Professor of Ecology at the University of Sussex, specialising in interactions between plants and animals.
Sue Hartley is a British ecologist and Professor of Ecology at the University of Sussex, specialising in interactions between plants and animals.
Susan R. Wessler
Susan R. Wessler, Ph.D. (1953- ) is an American plant molecular biologist and geneticist.
Susan R. Wessler, Ph.D. (1953- ) is an American plant molecular biologist and geneticist.
Susana López Charreton
Susana López Charreton is a prominent Mexican virologist specialized in rotaviruses.
Susana López Charreton is a prominent Mexican virologist specialized in rotaviruses.
Sylvia Earle
Sylvia Alice Earle (born August 30, 1935 in Gibbstown, New Jersey) is an American oceanographer.
Sylvia Alice Earle (born August 30, 1935 in Gibbstown, New Jersey) is an American oceanographer.
Temple Grandin
Temple Grandin is an American doctor of animal science and professor at Colorado State University, bestselling author, and consultant to the livestock industry on animal behavior.
Temple Grandin is an American doctor of animal science and professor at Colorado State University, bestselling author, and consultant to the livestock industry on animal behavior.
Tomoko Ohta
Tomoko Ohta is a Japanese scientist working on molecular evolution.
Tomoko Ohta is a Japanese scientist working on molecular evolution.
Ursula Cowgill
Ursula Moser Cowgill (born 9 November 1927) is a biologist and anthropologist who worked for Yale University, Dow Chemical Company and the University of Colorado during the second half of the 20...
Ursula Moser Cowgill (born 9 November 1927) is a biologist and anthropologist who worked for Yale University, Dow Chemical Company and the University of Colorado during the second half of the 20...
Wendy Foden
Wendy Foden is a South African conservation biologist.
Wendy Foden is a South African conservation biologist.
Yvonne Barr
Yvonne Barr (born 1932 in London) is a British virologist.
Yvonne Barr (born 1932 in London) is a British virologist.