Women in microbiology /
Many girls want to become scientists when they grow up, just like many boys do. But for these girls, the struggle to do what they love and to be treated with respect has been much harder because of the discrimination and bias in our society. In Women in Microbiology, we meet women who, despite these...
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Washington, DC :
ASM Press,
[2018]
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Table of Contents:
- Bonnie L. Bassler: the group accomplishes more than the individual / Nina Molin Hoyland-Kroghsbo
- Antje Boetius: exploring the living infinite / Jeffrey Marlow
- Sallie Penny Chisholm and oceans of Prochlorococcus / Sophie Rowland and Vanja Klepac-Ceraj
- Margaret Dayhoff: catalyst of a quiet revolution / Jamie E. Henzy
- Johanna Döbereiner: a pioneer among South American scientists / Graciela Brelles-Marino
- Diana Downs: a path of creativity, persistence, and rigorous testing / Norma C. Martinez-Gomez
- Nicole Dubilier: a force of nature / Elizabeth G. Wilbanks
- Katrina J. Edwards: a force in the world of environmental microbiology / John R. Spear
- Alice Catherine Evans: the shoulders upon which so many stand / Lorraine A. Findlay
- Mary K. Firestone: groundbreaking journey of a microbial matriarch / Jennifer Pett-Ridge
- Lady Amalia Fleming: turbulence and triumph / Joudeh B. Freij and Bishara J. Freij
- Katrina T. Forest: a renaissance woman in microbiology / Katherine McMahon
- Elodie Ghedin: unlocking the genetic code of emerging outbreaks / Tamara Lewis Johnson
- Jane Gibson: a woman of grace and acerbic wit / Caroline S. Harwood
- Millicent C. Goldschmidt: scarred pioneer and protector of the biosphere / Hazel A. Barton
- Susan Gottesman: an exceptional scientist and mentor / Carin K. Vanderpool
- Carlyn Halde: free spirit / Wendy J. Wilson and Shirley Lowe
- Jo Handelsman: adviser, teacher, role model, friend / Patrick D. Schloss
- Caroline Harwood: with grace, enthusiasm, and true grit / Rebecca E. Parales and Margaret McFall-Ngai
- Marian Johnson-Thompson: lifelong mentor / Crystal N. Johnson
- Carol D. Litchfield: salt of the earth / Bonnie K. Baxter and Kendall Tate Wright
- Ruth E. Moore: the first African-American to earn a Ph. D. in the natural sciences / Candace N. Rouchon
- Nancy A. Moran: the winding path of a brillant scientific life / John P. McCutcheon
- Flora Patterson: ensuring that no knowledge is ever lost / Hannah T. Reynolds
- Felicitas Pfeifer: creativity through freedom / Christa Schleper
- Beatrix Potter: an early mycologist / Millicent E. Goldschmidt
- Abigail Salyers: an almost unbeatable force / Rachel J. Whitaker
- Christa Schleper: enthusiasm and insight in the world of Archaea / Sonja-Verena Albers
- Marjory Stephenson: an early voice for bacterial biochemical experimenters / Stephen H. Zinder
- Michele Swanson: a rewarding career and life in balance / Brian K. Hammer
- The legacy of Patricia Ann Webb: broken vials and urgency / May C. Chu
- Donna M. Wolk: it's never too late to bloom / Natalie M. Whitfield
- Esther Miriam Zimmer Lederberg: pioneer in microbial genetics / Rebecca V. Ferrell
- Women microbiologists at Rutgers in the early golden age of antibiotics / Douglas E. Eveleigh and Joan W. Bennett.
