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Episode 061 - Kono Yasui | Cytologist

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Alternate Title: COALescence

Emma tells Emlyn about Dr. Kono Yasui, an expert plant cytologist and the first woman to receive a doctorate of science in Japan.

 

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Sources

Main Story - Kono Yasui

  1. McNeill, Leila. “How a Pioneering Botanist Broke Down Japan’s Gender Barriers.” Smithsonian Magazine. 2017. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-pioneering-botanist-broke-down-japans-gender-barriers-180967595/
  • Ochanomizu University “Kono Yasui (1880-1971) - Japan’s First Woman Doctorate of Science.” Ochanomizu University Digital Archives. 2011. http://archives.cf.ocha.ac.jp/en/researcher/yasui_kono.html
  • Yamazaki, Miwae. “Where no other dared to go: Kono Yasui (1880-1971) Japan’s First Woman Doctorate of Science.” Blazing a Path: Japanese Women’s Contributions to Modern Science. 2001. http://www.igs.ocha.ac.jp/igs/IGS_publication/pdf/yasui_where.pdf
  • HARRINGTON, A. (1987). WOMEN AND HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE JAPANESE EMPIRE (1895—1945). Journal of Asian History, 21(2), 169-186. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41930686?seq=6#metadata_info_tab_contents

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    Women who Work 

    1. Virginia Tech. "Researchers convert female mosquitoes to nonbiting males with implications for mosquito control." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 14 July 2020.  www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200714144730.htm 
  • Azadeh Aryan, Michelle A. E. Anderson, James K. Biedler, Yumin Qi, Justin M. Overcash, Anastasia N. Naumenko, Maria V. Sharakhova, Chunhong Mao, Zach N. Adelman, Zhijian Tu. Nix alone is sufficient to convert female Aedes aegypti into fertile males and myo-sex is needed for male flight. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020; 202001132 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2001132117

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    Music

    “Mary Anning” by Artichoke

    “Work” by Rihanna

     

    Cover Image

    Date 28 July 1948

    Source "Asahi Graph" July 28, 1948 issue

    Author Asahi Shimbun

    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kono_Yasui#/media/File:Yasui_Kono.JPG

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