Dr Marilyn Anderson
Australian researcher in plant biochemistry and genetics.
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Dr Dorothy Steane
Research scientist on the phylogeny, population genetics and evolution of eucalypts (family Myrtaceae), who has also pursued molecular phylogenetic studies of other plant families including Lamiaceae, Ericaceae, Rutaceae and Orchidaceae.
Dr Janet Rowley
“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.”
Dr Jennifer Doudna
American biochemist who won a Nobel Prize for her work developing CRISPR gene editing
Dr Emmanuelle Charpentier
Nobel-winning biochemist who co-developed CRISPR gene editing technology
Beatrice Mintz
Dr. Beatrice Mintz was a groundbreaking cancer researcher and embryologist who helped increase our understanding of mammalian development.
Nettie Stevens
Discoverer of sex chromosomes
Dr Judith Kinnear
Australian geneticist and the first woman to lead a New Zealand university.
Gillian Turner
Australian geneticist
Dr Irene Ayako Uchida
Dr. Irene Ayako Uchida was a pioneer in Canadian genetics and cytogenetics during the latter half of the 20th century.