Monthly Archives: December 2024

Gerty Cori: Defying Prejudice, Advancing Science

Gertrude Theresa Radnitz was born in Prague in 1896, into a family with a rich...

Batsheva Bonne-Tamir: Advancing Genetics, Preserving Heritage

Batsheva’s story encapsulates many of ideals of the Jewish community in Mandatory Palestine. Batsheva’s is...

Elisabeth Goldschmidt: Israel’s Mother of Genetics

Elisabeth was a true halutz (pioneer) and considered the 'mother of genetics' in Israel. Not...

Erwin Chargaff: The Unsung Hero of DNA

You've probably heard of Watson and Crick, the much-heralded team that worked out the double...

Phoebus Levene: The Father of the Nucleotide

Phoebus Levene was born into a Litvak Jewish family as Fishel in Sagar, Russia (now...

Sydney Brenner: From Newspaper Tablecloths to Nobel Laureate

In the early days of scientific research, being a scientist was a luxury afforded only...

Charlotte Auerbach: The Mother of Mutagenesis

Charlotte, known as Lotte, was a true trailblazer of the genetics world, with an immense...