Legacy of Light: Honouring Scientific Brilliance Extinguished by The Holocaust
The highest accolade any scientist can win is the Nobel Prize. This prize was set...
Jan
The Impact of the Ground-breaking NHS Jewish BRCA Testing Programme: One Year On
NHS England, in partnership with Jnetics and Chai Cancer Care continues to drive awareness of...
Jan
Amatus Lusitanus: The Pope’s Jewish Doctor
Amatus Lusitanus, also known as Dr Joao Rodrigues de Castelo Branco was a world leading...
Jan
Gerty Cori: Defying Prejudice, Advancing Science
Gertrude Theresa Radnitz was born in Prague in 1896, into a family with a rich...
Dec
Batsheva Bonne-Tamir: Advancing Genetics, Preserving Heritage
Batsheva’s story encapsulates many of ideals of the Jewish community in Mandatory Palestine. Batsheva’s is...
Dec
Elisabeth Goldschmidt: Israel’s Mother of Genetics
Elisabeth was a true halutz (pioneer) and considered the 'mother of genetics' in Israel. Not...
Dec
Erwin Chargaff: The Unsung Hero of DNA
You've probably heard of Watson and Crick, the much-heralded team that worked out the double...
Dec
Phoebus Levene: The Father of the Nucleotide
Phoebus Levene was born into a Litvak Jewish family as Fishel in Sagar, Russia (now...
Dec
Sydney Brenner: From Newspaper Tablecloths to Nobel Laureate
In the early days of scientific research, being a scientist was a luxury afforded only...
Dec
Charlotte Auerbach: The Mother of Mutagenesis
Charlotte, known as Lotte, was a true trailblazer of the genetics world, with an immense...
Dec