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[Semmelweis University @semmelweishu]

Dr. Katalin Karikó, biochemist, the person behind the development of mRNA-based #vaccines visited Dr. Béla Merkely at the Városmajor Heart and Vascular Center. @kkariko and @DrMerkely spoke about plans of scientific #collaboration involving #cardiology and #mRNA technology.

[WES Centenary @WESCentenary]

Phyllis Margaret Tookey Kerridge #chemist #physiologist, created miniature pH electrode 4 analysing samples eg blood; improved respirator; developed audiometric standards 4 hearing tests w' significant role in establishing hearing aid clinics b. April 1901 https://t.co/mvQZJ1WgHK

[WES Centenary @WESCentenary]

Crystallographer Kathleen Lonsdale 1 of 1st women elected Fellow of @royalsociety 1945. 1st woman tenured professor @ucl. 1st woman president @IUCr & @BritSciAssoc. Elected @WES1919 member 1946 in recognition of “brilliant & important work" d. 1 April 1971 https://t.co/QdJbAh94c3

[CUWiP UK 2023 @CUWiPUK]

Only 4 days to go!

[STEMfem @STEMfem]

3/22/1896 — b. Greta Hammarsten, Swedish biochemist, physician, professor, author. Pioneer biochemist, expert in blood diseases; a prominent figure of Scandinavian clinical chemistry #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM

[Allen School @uwcse]

#UWAllen affiliate professor @merrierm, a senior principal researcher at @MSFTResearch, was recognized for contributions to human-computer interaction, information retrieval, computer-supported cooperative work and accessibility.

[NASA History Office @NASAhistory]

#HappyBirthday to Dr. Wendy Freedman, known for her research on the Hubble constant- or the rate at which the universe is expanding. She's also worked on the @GMTelescope and currently Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at @UChicago!

[Women Who Code @WomenWhoCode]

🚀Ellen Ochoa was the first Hispanic woman to travel into space!

#InternationalWomensHistoryMonth #IWD #IWD2021 #WomeninSTEM #WomeninScience

[STEMfem @STEMfem]

3/5/1885 — b. Pauline Sperry, American mathematician, professor. Researcher of projective differential geometry; the first woman assistant professor of mathematics, Univ of California, Berkeley (1923), assoc professor (1931). Victim of McCarthyism #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM

[STEMfem @STEMfem]

Who Gets To Be An Inventor? | "Picturing Women Inventors" poster exhibition is commemorating the innovations of American women #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM #SmithsonianEdu

[STEMfem @STEMfem]

3/6/1906 — Nora Stanton Blatch, American civil engineer, architect, suffragist, becomes the first female member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. The first wmn engineering graduate, Cornell Univ (1905); granddau of Elizabeth Cady Stanton #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM

[MIT Biology @MITBiology]

As #WomensHistoryMonth draws to a close, we remember former @WhiteheadInst director, Susan Lindquist. She was one of the first women in the country to lead a major independent research organization, and mentored more than 100 trainees. https://t.co/0hsUQXyvc6

[STEMfem @STEMfem]

3/1/1921 — b. Catharine McClellan, American cultural anthropologist, scholar, professor, author. Extensive documentation and scholarly articles on the stories and oral histories of the aboriginal people of Alaska & the Yukon Territory (1950s-80s) #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM

[STEMfem @STEMfem]

2/24/1864 — Rebecca Lee Crumpler is awarded a doctoral degree from the New England Female Medical College, Boston, Massachusetts; she becomes the first African-American woman to earn a medical degree #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #BlackHistoryMonth

[Chance The Rapper @chancetherapper]

This is the NASA physicist who invented 3D Movies and Television. Her name is Valerie Thomas.

[Women In Bio @WomenInBio]

Time's up! The correct answer is Carolyn Parker.

And that's a wrap on this month's special themed #BlackHistoryMonth #WIBTriviaTuesday questions! Join us again next week for more!

#WomenInBio #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM #physics

[MITili @mit_ili]

Listen as Monica Lee Foley MBA ’19 chats with host Christopher Reichert SM ’04 during a podcast focused on her career at NASA and the importance of mentoring and encouraging diverse young people to pursue STEM careers.
https://t.co/9VckQetj8O
#STEM #mentoring