A month ago, Prof. Emmanuelle Charpentier & Prof. Jennifer Doudna were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. They are just the sixth and seventh women […]
Women in Nobel
Discovery of black holes: Andrea Ghez
Just a month back, Prof. Andrea Ghez was announced as one of the awardees for the Nobel Prize in Physics! She is only the fourth […]
Demystifying energy metabolism: Gerty Cori
All organisms survive by the creation of energy within their bodies. Our cells are constantly working to generate energy and spend them. But how does […]
Invention of Radioimmunoassay: Rosalyn Yalow
Diagnostic tests are the first step in any healthcare system but have you ever thought about how these tests came about? We’ve all taken a […]
Discovery of jumping genes: Barbara McClintock
For the longest time, the way in which hereditary information is passed down from one generation to another had not been known. Soon, we found […]
Discovery of Growth Factors: Rita Levi-Montalcini
It is funny to think about how we as humans were just a tiny cell when we were conceived. The cells grew into an embryo, […]
Inventing allopathy: Gertrude Elion
Drug discovery is an extremely exciting field of research because we get to work on therapeutics options that could change lives. In today’s date, there […]
Understanding cell differentiation: Christiane Volhard
One of the biggest questions in the field of developmental biology is how the cells in our bodies know their final destination. Well, by final […]
Unraveling olfaction: Linda Buck
Have you ever thought about how our sense of smell has developed over time? How are we able to smell so many different things and […]
Discovery of HIV: Francoise Sinoussi
Autoimmune Deficiency Disease or in simpler terms known as AIDS is one of the most debilitating infectious diseases in the world. It’s like a silent […]