March

Fifth in the series : Prof. Janet Heasman
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Fifth in the series : Prof. Janet Heasman

For the last week of March and as the end of our mini-series, we are pleased to present Prof. Janet Heasman. She has dedicated her career to vertebrate development using Xenopus laevis as a model.  Biography Her contribution to Xenopus science Conclusion References Biography Janet Heasman was born in Hartlepool, England (1,2). She attended University College Hospital Medical School in London and in the second year, she took an intercalated BSc degree in J.Z. Young’s Anatomy department where she met her husband, Christopher Wylie (1,2) . Janet succeeded her BCs…

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31 March 2023
Fourth in the series : Hilde Mangold
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Fourth in the series : Hilde Mangold

To continue the March series of articles on women, we are pleased to introduce a woman who greatly contributed to the understanding of cell fate in the development of amphibian embryos, such as Xenopus laevis. This woman is Hilde Mangold, a German biologist of the early 20th century. Biography Hilde Mangold's contribution to the concept of organizer Conclusion References Biography Hilde Mangold, previously Proeschold, was born on 20 October 1898 in Gotha in Germany (1–3). At the age of 16, she entered the Gymnasium Ernestinum where she was one of…

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23 March 2023
Second in the series : Dr. Kerstin Howe
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Second in the series : Dr. Kerstin Howe

For the second week of our Women in Science month, we are pleased to present Dr. Kerstin Howe. She is a German computational biologist working on genomic sequences (1). Biography Her contribution to zebrafish research Conclusion References Biography Kerstin Howe was born in Germany. She studied Biology at the Ruhr University of Bochum in Germany where she had her diploma in 1994 and after a year working in industry returned to university to obtain a  PhD in genetics in 1999 (1,2). After she finished her PhD, she worked for one…

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8 March 2023
First in the series : Prof. Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
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First in the series : Prof. Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard

In March we celebrate women’s history. And we have taken this great celebration to highlight important women in the history of aquatic models research, especially zebrafish and xenopus. Every Friday of this month, we will publish one article on the fantastic discoveries made by a woman.  Today we are honored to present to you Prof. Christiane Nusslein-Volhard, a german developmental biologist and Nobel laureate.  Biography Her contribution to zebrafish research Conclusion References Biography Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard was born on October 20, 1942 in Frankfurt. Her father was an architect and her…

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2 March 2023