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    1. Women in Science Wednesday: Anne Hagopian

      • Date: May 15, 2013
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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    3. Gerharda Wilbrink (1875-1962) was a Dutch plant pathologist who specialized on sugar cane diseases in Java. Wilbrink published on this topic during 1920s and devised a well-known medium for growing bacteria called

      Women in Science Wednesday: Gerharda Wilbrink

      • Date: January 29, 2014
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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    5. Jane Stafford (1899-1991) joined Science Service as medical editor and writer in 1927, where she covered some of the most important discoveries and people in medical research.

      Women in Science Wednesday: Jane Stafford

      • Date: February 5, 2014
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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    7. Edith Kroupa, Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s

      Women in Science Wednesday: Edith Kroupa

      • Date: May 29, 2013
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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    9. Ruby Hirose

      Women in Science Wednesday: Ruby Hirose

      • Date: July 3, 2013
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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    11. A man sits at a desk with an open book.

      Science Service, Up Close: Two Haunting Portraits of Henry Gwyn Jeffreys Moseley

      • Date: November 7, 2019
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: A proud mother responded to news service’s request for a photograph of her physicist-son killed during World War I.

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    13. Dr. Anna J. Phillips, Research Zoologist, National Museum of Natural History, focuses on the systematics, evolution, and host associations of two parasitic worms: leeches and tapeworms. She has conducted fieldwork on 6 of the 7 continents. #Groundbreaker

      Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Anna J. Phillips

      • Date: November 4, 2015
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Dr. Anna J. Phillips, Research Zoologist, National Museum of Natural History, focuses on the systematics, evolution, and host associations of two parasitic worms: leeches and tapeworms. She has conducted fieldwork on 6 of the 7 continents. #Groundbreaker

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    15. Astrophysicist Dr. Andrea K. Dupree , and Kepler teammate, Ron Gilliland, obtained the first image of the surface of a star. She recently led a team that discovered fast hot winds from very young stars, which could profoundly affect their evolution and the environment of surrounding planets. #Groundbreaker

      Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Andrea K. Dupree

      • Date: January 14, 2015
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Astrophysicist Dr. Andrea K. Dupree, and Kepler teammate, Ron Gilliland, obtained the first image of the surface of a star. She recently led a team that discovered fast hot winds from very young stars, which could profoundly affect their evolution and the environment of surrounding planets. #Groundbreaker

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    17. Retired geologist Dr. Ursula B. Marvin, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, studied lunar samples from the Apollo missions, and meteorites around the world. She has both an asteroid and a mountain ridge in the Antarctic ice named after her. #Groundbreaker

      Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Ursula B. Marvin

      • Date: September 16, 2015
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Retired geologist Dr. Ursula B. Marvin, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, studied lunar samples from the Apollo missions, and meteorites around the world. She has both an asteroid and a mountain ridge in the Antarctic ice named after her. #Groundbreaker

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    19. Iris Miroy Ovshinsky with her husband Stanford Robert Ovshinsky.

      Science Service, Up Close: The Periodic Chart

      • Date: January 3, 2017
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: Henry David Hubbard (1870-1943), a physicist at the U.S. National Bureau of Standards, designed the first edition of the "Periodic Chart of the Atoms" in 1924. The chart is still in use today, continually updated to reflect new elements.

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      Science Service, Up Close: The “Porcupine” Letters

      • Date: October 17, 2019
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: A 1936 exchange of letters about the prickly porcupine preserves both a contemporary scientific debate and the wit and wisdom of a young Utah girl with a beloved pet.

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    23. Dr. Mary E. Rice was the first Director of the Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce. As a scientist, she was at the forefront of the new field

      Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Mary E. Rice

      • Date: March 25, 2015
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Dr. Mary E. Rice was the first Director of the Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce. As a scientist, she was at the forefront of the new field "evo-devo," evolutionary developmental biology. #Groundbreaker

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