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...
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Batsheva Bonne-Tamir: Advancing Genetics, Preserving Heritage
Batsheva’s story encapsulates many of ideals of the Jewish community in Mandatory Palestine. Batsheva’s is...
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Elisabeth Goldschmidt: Israel’s Mother of Genetics
Elisabeth was a true halutz (pioneer) and considered the 'mother of genetics' in Israel. Not...
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Erwin Chargaff: The Unsung Hero of DNA
You've probably heard of Watson and Crick, the much-heralded team that worked out the double...
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Phoebus Levene: The Father of the Nucleotide
Phoebus Levene was born into a Litvak Jewish family as Fishel in Sagar, Russia (now...
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Sydney Brenner: From Newspaper Tablecloths to Nobel Laureate
In the early days of scientific research, being a scientist was a luxury afforded only...
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Charlotte Auerbach: The Mother of Mutagenesis
Charlotte, known as Lotte, was a true trailblazer of the genetics world, with an immense...
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