“Janet Rowley’s work established that cancer is a genetic disease. She demonstrated that mutations in critical genes lead to specific forms of leukemia and lymphoma, and that one can determine the form of cancer present in a patient directly from the genetic changes in the cancer. We are still working from her paradigm.”
American biochemist who won a Nobel Prize for her work developing CRISPR gene editing
Nobel-winning biochemist who co-developed CRISPR gene editing technology
Dr. Beatrice Mintz was a groundbreaking cancer researcher and embryologist who helped increase our understanding of mammalian development.
Discoverer of sex chromosomes
Australian geneticist and the first woman to lead a New Zealand university.
Australian geneticist
Dr. Irene Ayako Uchida was a pioneer in Canadian genetics and cytogenetics during the latter half of the 20th century.
Peggy Ozais-Akins, a professor of horticulture at UGA’s Coastal Plain Experiment Station, developed a system to make a transgenic pearl millet cell that can be quickly improved using genetic-engineering techniques and then coaxed to grow into a full, fertile plant.
Australian botanist, geneticist and illustrator