Rosalind Franklin
Chemist whose x-ray diffraction studies provided crucial clues to the structure of DNA and quantitatively confirmed the Watson-Crick DNA model
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Agnes Bankier
Australian geneticist
Salome Gluecksohn-Waelsch
Pioneering geneticist renowned for her contributions to the field of developmental genetics.
Tomoko Ohta
Renowned scientist and Professor Emeritus at the National Institute of Genetics. She specializes in population genetics and molecular evolution and is famous for her work on the nearly neutral theory of evolution.
Dr Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
Christiane “Janni” Nüsslein-Volhard is a prominent German developmental biologist who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1995, making her the only German woman to achieve this distinction in the field of science.
Flossie Wong-Staal
Chinese-American virologist and molecular biologist whose pioneering work reshaped our understanding of HIV/AIDS. She was a trailblazer who made history by successfully cloning HIV and unveiling its genetic intricacies. This monumental achievement marked a significant leap forward in confirming HIV as the root cause of AIDS.
Dr Elizabeth Blackburn
In 1984, Blackburn and Carol W. Greider jointly discovered telomerase, the enzyme responsible for telomere replenishment. This groundbreaking achievement led to their winning the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2009, with Blackburn making history as the first Australian woman Nobel laureate.
Dr Liz Dennis
Australian plant molecular biologist and a chief scientist at the plant division of CSIRO Canberra.
Helen Alma Newton Turner
Internationally recognised for her work on sheep breeding.
Dr Ruth Milne Hall
Australian microbiologist whose genetics research has provided insight into the transfer and evolution of antibiotic resistance in bacteria.