Mária Telkes.
New York World Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Al Ravenna/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (neg. no. LC-USZ62-113268)
Not counting well-known women science Nobelists like Marie Curie or individuals such as Jane Goodall, Rosalind Franklin, and Rachel Carson, whose names appear in textbooks and, from time to time, even in the popular media, how many prominent or pioneering women scientists can you name? If any of the 10 women listed here sound familiar, we’re impressed. (And if names like Carson and Franklin don’t ring a bell, we recommend reading Britannica’s entry Women in Science).
By terrasig on March 16, 2010.
This post is the third in a series on the origin and history of HeLa S3 cells. The
first post details how I came about to ask this question when launching my independent research laboratory. The
second post details the life and careers of the legendary physician-scientist pioneer, Dr. Florence Rena Sabin.
Today, we take up a discussion where we will finally learn the origin of HeLa S3 cells, complete with original literature citations.
A recap
We left our
previous discussion with the final and still-productive years of Dr. Florence Rena Sabin. After graduating from Johns Hopkins Medical School in 1900, Dr. Sabin embarked on a nearly 40-year career at Hopkins and now-Rockefeller University, elucidating the developmental origin of the lymphatics and antibody responses to tuberculosis and training a generation of physician-scientists. She was truly a pioneer, becoming the first woman to be appointed to faculty at Johns Hopkins,