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- Episode 021 - Margaret S. Collins | Entomologist
Alternate Title: Midtermites!
This week Emma tells Emlyn about the entomologist and civil rights activist (a.k.a. "the termite lady"), Dr. Margaret S. Collins, and Emlyn tells Emma about four female scientists running for office this November in IN, GA, VA, and NV!
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Sources
Main Story - Margaret S. Collins
- Black Women Scientists in the United States by Wini Warren.
- Carey, Charles W. "Collins, Margaret S. (1922–1996) Zoologist." African Americans in Science: An Encyclopedia of People and Progress, vol. 1, ABC-CLIO, 2008, pp. 51-52. Gale Virtual Reference Library,
- Child Prodigy, Pioneer Scientist, and Women and Civil Rights Advocate: Dr. Margaret James Strickland Collins (1922–1996) by Vernard R. Lewis. http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0235
- Strickland, M. (1950), Differences in Toleration of Drying between Species of Termites (Reticulitermes). Ecology, 31: 373-385. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/showCitFormats?doi=10.2307%2F1931492
- Jensen’s AAAS Fellowship. Science 20 May 1977: Vol. 196, Issue 4292, pp. 832. http://science.sciencemag.org/content/196/4292/832.1/tab-article-info
- “Margaret Collins: Scholar, Civil Rights Activist, and Mentor” by Lisa Fthenakis, March 27, 2018. https://siarchives.si.edu/blog/margaret-collins-scholar-civil-rights-activist-and-mentor
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Candidates:
- Edie Hardcastle: Democrat for Indiana State Senate, 49th district. http://hardcastle2018.com/
- Jasmine Clark: Democrat for Georgia House of Representatives, 108th district. https://www.jasmineclarkforgeorgia.com/
- Elaine Luria: Democrat for U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia’s 2nd district. https://elaineforcongress.com/
- Jacky Rosen: Democrat for U.S. Senate from Nevada. https://www.rosenfornevada.com/
Organization helping promote science-oriented candidates: http://www.314action.org/home/
Music
“Work” by Rihanna
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
Cover art
Wikipedia
46 min - Episode 020 - Maria Sibylla Merian | Ecologist
Alternate Title: MetamoOoOoOorphosis
Emlyn tells Emma about the OG ecologist and professionally-trained artist, Maria Sibylla Merian, who described the life cycle and plant host use of ~200 insect species, and Emma tells Emlyn about the research of Nobel Prize winners Dr. Strickland and Dr. Arnold!
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Sources
Main Story - Maria Sibylla Merian
- Wikipedia Article on Maria Sibylla Merian: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Sibylla_Merian
- Nature Ecology and Evolution article by Luíseach Nic Eoin: https://natureecoevocommunity.nature.com/users/18000-luiseach-nic-eoin/posts/14366-maria-sibylla-merian-1647-1717
- New York Times Article by JoAnna Klein: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/23/science/maria-sibylla-merian-metamorphosis-insectorum-surinamensium.html
- The Atlantic article by Andrea Wulf: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/01/the-woman-who-made-science-beautiful/424620/
- Essay by Kay Etheridge, entitled: “Maria Sibylla Merian: The First Ecologist?” https://www.researchgate.net/publication/256297016_Maria_Sibylla_Merian_The_first_ecologist
Further reading:
Chrysalis: Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis by Kim Todd
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Two women won 2018 Nobel Prizes in the Sciences!!!!
- Dr. Donna Strickland won a prize in Physics for her work on Chirped Pulse Amplification: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/10/nobel-prize-physics-donna-strickland-gerard-mourou-arthur-ashkin/571909/
- Dr. Frances Arnold won a prize in Chemistry for her work on direct evolution of enzymes:http://www.caltech.edu/news/frances-arnold-wins-2018-nobel-prize-chemistry-83926 and https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/nobel-winner-overcame-personal-loss-cancer-being-woman-n916391
Music
“Work” by Rihanna
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
Cover art
Wikipedia
47 min - Episode 019 - Edith Clarke | Electrical Engineer
Alternate Title: She's Electric! Boogie woogie, woogie!
Emma tells Emlyn about the first female electrical engineer and National Inventor's Hall of Famer, Dr. Edith Clarke, and Emlyn tells Emma about the science of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford!
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Sources
Main Story - Edith Clarke
- From Computer to Electrical Engineer: The Remarkable Career of Edith Clarke by James Brittain (1985): https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4321775
- Clarke’s patent for the Clark Calculator: https://patents.google.com/patent/US1552113A/en
- Short biography of Edith Clarke by General Electric: https://www.ge.com/reports/edith-clarke-mother-of-invention/
- Archived NY Times article about Edith’s first talk before the AIEE: https://www.nytimes.com/1926/02/09/archives/woman-addresses-electrical-institute-miss-edith-clarke-the-only-one.html
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Blasey_Ford
Music
“Work” by Rihanna
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
Cover art
Wikipedia
41 min - Episode 018 - Jocelyn Bell Burnell | Nuclear Physicist
Alternate Title: Let's Get Physical
Emlyn tells Emma about Dr. Lise Meitner, the nuclear physicist who was instrumental in the discovery of nuclear fission, and Emma tells Emlyn about Dr. Jocelyn Bell Burnell, who discovered pulsars!
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Sources
Main Story - Lise Meitner
- Fission Girl: Lise Meitner’s Escape from Nazi Germany by Melanie Fine
- Book Review of Lise Meitner: A Life in Physics: https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/reviews/lisemeitner.htm
- Article from Berkeley Nuclear Research Center: https://web.archive.org/web/20161112205121/http://bnrc.berkeley.edu/Famous-Women-in-Physical-Sciences-and-Engineering/lise-meitner.html
Further reading: Lise Meitner: A Life in Physics by Ruth Lewis Sime.
Women who werk
Jocelyn Bell Burnell receives $3 million Breakthrough Prize for her 1967 discovery of pulsars and lifetime of scientific leadership.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2018/09/08/she-made-discovery-man-got-nobel-half-century-later-shes-won-million-prize/
Music
“Work” by Rihanna
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
Cover art
Atomic Heritage Foundation
1 hr 2 min - Episode 017 - Asima Chatterjee | Chemist
Alternate Title: Back to Basics (a.k.a. Alkaloids)
Emma tells Emlyn about one of the first Indian women to receive a PhD, Dr. Asima Chatterjee, who studied the organic chemistry of plants, and Emlyn tells Emma about insects that vomit cooperatively!
Sources
Main Story - Asima Chatterjee
- Biography of Asima Chatterjee by Julie Banerji for the Indian National Science Academy. http://www.insaindia.res.in/BM/BM32_0709.pdf
- Biography in Science Reporter by Shri Dhrubajyoti Chattopadhyay http://nopr.niscair.res.in/bitstream/123456789/42878/1/SR%2054%2810%29%2048-50.pdf
- Google Arts and Culture Exhibit. https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/rgKiCdKgS8UJIw
- Biography by S.C. Prakashi. https://www.ias.ac.in/public/Resources/Initiatives/Women_in_Science/Contributors/Chatterjee.pdf
- Article containing historical info about usage of Rauwolfia plants for medicinal purposes. By Douglas Lobay. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4566472/
Women who werk
Nature write-up about paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05853-z
Original Article: http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/285/1884/20180466
Music
“Work” by Rihanna
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
37 min - Episode 016 - Roger Arliner Young | Marine Biologist
Alternate Title: Young and Just
Emlyn tells Emma about Dr. Roger Arliner Young, the first African American woman to receive a PhD in zoology and publish an article in Science, and Emma tells Emlyn about Dr. Jess Wade, who wrote Wikipedia pages of 270+ female scientists!
Main Story - Roger Arliner Young
- The San Diego Supercomputer Center’s Women in Science: https://www.sdsc.edu/ScienceWomen/young.html
- Zoologist Roger Arliner Young and the Politics of Respectability by Dr. Sara Diaz: https://www.aaihs.org/zoologist-roger-arliner-young-and-the-politics-of-respectability/
- Scientific American article by DNLee https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/urban-scientist/roger-arliner-young-zoologist/
- Young, R.A. On the excretory apparatus in paramecium. Science. Vol 60, Issue 1550. Sep 12 1924
Women who werk
S/O this week to Dr. Jess Wade for writing the Wikipedia pages of 270+ female scientists this year! More about her work:
- https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/jul/24/academic-writes-270-wikipedia-pages-year-female-scientists-noticed
- https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/27/health/scientist-women-wikipedia-entries-trnd/index.html
Music
“Work” by Rihanna
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
32 min - Episode 015 - Anna Freud | Psychoanalyst
Alternate Title: PNAS Envy
Emma tells Emlyn about the psychoanalyst, Anna Freud, who pioneered the field of child therapy and Emlyn tells Emma about how spiders may alter greenhouse emissions in the arctic!
Sources:
Main Story - Anna Freud
- Young-Bruehl, Elisabeth (2008). Anna Freud: A Biography.
- Anna Freud Biography by the Institute of Psychoanalysis. http://www.psychoanalysis.org.uk/our-authors-and-theorists/anna-freud
- Anna Freud Biography by the Freud Museum. https://www.freud-museum.at/online/freud/themen/anna2-e.htm
- Gay, Peter (1988). Freud: A Life for Our Time.
- “Why Freud Survives” by Louis Menand. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/08/28/why-freud-survives
- NYTimes Obituary for Anna Freud. https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/1203.html
- And check out her very thorough Wikipedia page! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Freud
Women who werk- Original PNAS article: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/07/17/1808754115
- Science news article: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/07/could-tiny-spider-be-helping-arctic-stay-cool
Music
“Work” by Rihanna
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke“Frontier Psychiatrist” by The Avalanches47 min - Episode 014 - Eugenie Clark | Ichthyologist
Alternate Title: Gangsters of the Deep
Emlyn tells Emma about the amazing ichthyologist and renown 'Shark Lady', Dr. Eugenie Clark, and Emma tells Emlyn about Melissa Cristina Márquez being bitten by a crocodile while filming for Shark Week!
Sources:
Main Story - Dr. Eugenie Clark
- Biography by NOAA: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/may15/eugenie-clark.html
- Natural Shark Repellent is Alluring to Scientists (1981): https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/20/science/natural-shark-repellent-is-alluring-to-scientists.html
- ‘Shark Lady’ Eugenie Clark, Famed Marine Biologist, Has Died: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/02/150225-eugenie-clark-shark-lady-marine-biologist-obituary-science/
- Obituary by Robert D. McFadden: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/26/us/eugenie-clark-scholar-of-the-life-aquatic-dies-at-92.html
- Smithsonian biography by Ashley Gallagher: https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/sharks-rays/eugenie-clark-shark-lady
- Mote Marine Lab Obituary by Hayley Rutger: https://mote.org/news/article/remembering-the-shark-lady-the-life-and-legacy-of-dr.-eugenie-clark
- Clark, Eugenie; Gorge, Anita (June 1979). "Toxic soles, Pardachirus marmoratus from the Red Sea and P. pavoninus from Japan, with notes on other species". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 4 (2): 103–123.
- Clark, Eugenie (Jul 1959). "Instrumental Conditioning of Lemon Sharks"(PDF). Science. 130 (3369): 217–218. doi:10.1126/science.130.3369.217-a. Retrieved 15 Feb 2016.
Women who werk:
Jezebel article about Melissa Cristina Márquez: https://jezebel.com/marine-biologist-melissa-cristina-marquez-was-bitten-an-1827816706
Music:
“Work” by Rihanna
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Pony” by Ginuwine
Cover Image:
Photo by National Geographic photographer, David Doubilet
40 min - Episode 013 - Dorothy Crawfoot | Protein Crystallographer
Alternate Title: Crystal Math
Emlyn tells Emma about the founder of protein crystallography, Dr. Dorothy Crawfoot Hodgkin, and Emma tells Emlyn about how spiders use electric fields to balloon!
Sources:
Main Story - Dorothy Hodgkin
- The Nobel Prize: https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1964/hodgkin-bio.html
- Royal Society of Chemistry: http://www.rsc.org/diversity/175-faces/all-faces/dorothy-hodgkin-om-frs/
- Science History Institute: https://www.sciencehistory.org/historical-profile/dorothy-crowfoot-hodgkin
- Ferry, Georgina. (2014) Dorothy Hodgkin: on proteins and patterns. The Lancet,Volume 384, Issue 9953, Pp. 1496-1497.
- "Principles, Structure and Activities of Pugwash For the Eleventh Quinquennium (2007–2012)". https://web.archive.org/web/20030819053554/http:/www.pugwash.org/about/principles.htm
- Dorothy Hodgkin and her contributions to biochemistry, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, Nov 2013. http://link.galegroup.com.ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/apps/pub/2IIA/SCIC?u=txshracd2598&sid=SCIC.
- 100 years of X-ray Crystallography. http://cen.xraycrystals.org/penicillin.html
- Thatcher and Hodgkin: How chemistry overcame politics, BBC News: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-28801302
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- Study: Erica L. Morley and Daniel Robert show that electric fields elicit spider ballooning behavior. Video and article in Current Biology: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982218306936?via%3Dihub
- Article summarizing study’s findings: “The electric flight of spiders” by Ed Wong. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/07/the-electric-flight-of-spiders/564437/
Music
“Work” by Rihanna
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Bad Things” by Jace Everett
47 min - Episode 012 - Katsuko Saruhashi | Geochemist
Alternate Title: Rubber Duckies and Sea-O2
Emma tells Emlyn about the geochemist, Dr. Katsuko Saruhashi, who studied how fast nuclear fallout travels through the ocean, and Emlyn tells Emma about one of the Intel Foundation Young Scientist Awardees!
Sources:
Main Story - Katsuko Saruhashi
- Biography by Sumiko Hatakeyama: https://japanfeministdebates.wordpress.com/2016/11/30/a-life-story-of-saruhashi-katsuko-1920-2007/
- Jacob Darwin Hamblin and Linda M. Richards. 2015. Beyond the Lucky Dragon: Japanese Scientists and Fallout Discourse in the 1950s. Historia Scientiarum. 25(1). https://jacobdarwinhamblin.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/hamblin-richards-lucky-dragon-2015.pdf
- A Woman Scientist and the Daigo Fukuryū-maru Accident (1954) by Yasuko Hatano for the Nagoya Women’s Studies Research Group Japan: https://nagoyawsrg.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/essays2010.pdf
- Saruhashi, K., 1953. On the Total Carbonaceous Matter and Hydrogen Ion Concentration in Sea Water-A study on the Metabolism in Natural Water (I)-. Papers in Meteorology and Geophysics. 3(3). https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/mripapers1950/3/3/3_202/_article
- Morell, V. 1993. Called `Trimates,' Three Bold Women Shaped Their Field. Science, 260(5106). https://www.jstor.org/stable/2881089?pq-origsite=summon&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
- Otsubo, S. (2007). Women Scientists and Gender Ideology. In A Companion to the Anthropology of Japan, J. Robertson (Ed.). https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9780470996966.ch28#
Extra reading:
- Paper by Katsuko Saruhashi including the famous Saruhashi table (1955): https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/mripapers1950/6/1/6_38/_pdf/-char/en
- Autobiography (in Japanese): https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/13188473?q&versionId=15646025
- An in-depth biography by Fumiko Yonezawa (in Japanese): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Saruhashi-katsuko-ikikata-Fumiko-Yonezawa/dp/4000074970
Women who werk
Congratulations to Intel ISEF 2018 Winners! https://www.sciencenews.org/sponsored/congratulations-intel-isef-2018-winners?tgt=nr
Music
“Work” by Rihanna
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
Cover Image
Google Doodle
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Emma and Emlyn teach each other about historic (and current) women in STEM and remind each other about things they DEF should know.