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      Science Sits for Art

      • Date: April 29, 2010
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="366" caption="Heads and Fragments of Heads of Humeri, from the Photographic Catalogue of the Surgical Section, 1865, by William Bell, Albumen print on paper mounted on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen

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    3. Dr. Mary Baker, Research Organic Chemist & Museum Conservator, Smithsonian’s Museum Conservation Institute (1987–2000), used differential scanning calorimetry to determine the extent of crystallization in order to establish proper storage and handling procedures for spacesuits. #Groundbreaker

      Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Mary T. Baker

      • Date: January 20, 2016
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Dr. Mary Baker, Research Organic Chemist & Museum Conservator, Smithsonian’s Museum Conservation Institute (1987–2000), used differential scanning calorimetry to determine the extent of crystallization in order to establish proper storage and handling procedures for spacesuits. #Groundbreaker

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    5. Director of Collections at the Hirshhorn, Sarah Stauderman, is a paper and a/v conservator who built the first time-based media preservation suite at the Smithsonian. #Groundbreaker

      Women in Science Wednesday: Sarah Stauderman

      • Date: November 25, 2015
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Director of Collections at the Hirshhorn, Sarah Stauderman, is a paper and a/v conservator who built the first time-based media preservation suite at the Smithsonian. #Groundbreaker

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    7. Geologist Sharon Purdy, Center for Earth and Planetary Sciences at the National Air and Space Museum, investigates the geology and geomorphology of landforms on Mars that were formed and (or) modified by surface water. #Groundbreaker

      Women in Science Wednesday: Sharon Purdy

      • Date: September 30, 2015
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Geologist Sharon Purdy, Center for Earch and Planetary Sciences at the National Air and Space Museum, investigates the geology and geomorphology of landforms on Mars that were formed and (or) modified by surface water. #Groundbreaker

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    9. Janet Douglas, Head of Technical Studies at the Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute, studies works of art and archaeology especially inorganic materials such as stone, jade, and metal. #Groundbreaker

      Women in Science Wednesday: Janet Douglas

      • Date: December 30, 2015
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Janet Douglas, Head of Technical Studies at the Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute, studies works of art and archaeology especially inorganic materials such as stone, jade, and metal. #Groundbreaker

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    11. Wildlife physiologist Kim Terrell, at the Smithsonian National Zoo's Conservation Biology Institute, is studying how climate change impacts hellbenders, the largest salamander in North America.

      Women in Science Wednesday: Kim Terrell

      • Date: January 21, 2015
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Wildlife physiologist Kim Terrell, at the Smithsonian National Zoo's Conservation Biology Institute, is studying how climate change impacts hellbenders, the largest salamander in North America.

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    13. Soviet soil scientist and geologist Vladimir Vasilievich Gemmerling, Director, Soil Department of the Fertilizer Institute, Moscow State University. He was an official delegate to the First International Congress of Soil Science, Washington, D.C., June 1927, and is shown on board an excursion boat. Accession 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, Smithsonian Institution Archives, image no. SIA2008-1869.

      Science Service, Up Close: A Slow Boat Down the River

      • Date: June 18, 2015
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: Watson Davis photographed visiting scientists on a June 1927 Potomac River boat trip to Mount Vernon.

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    15. Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute's Janine Brown is head of the world's largest wildlife reproductive endocrinology lab, and is dedicated to improving the welfare and breeding management of endangered species. #Groundbreaker

      Women in Science Wednesday: Janine Brown

      • Date: December 10, 2014
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute's Janine Brown is head of the world's largest wildlife Reproductive Endocrinology Lab, and is dedicated to improving the welfare and breeding management of endangered species. #Groundbreaker

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    17. Hallie Jenkins, Science Service Sales and Advertising Manager

      Science Service, Up Close: Hallie Jenkins, On the Road, On Her Own Terms

      • Date: March 16, 2017
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: In January 1926, Science Service took a chance on smart, plucky Hallie Jenkins, hiring the 27-year-old as their sales representative. During the following months, Jenkins traveled on her own throughout the Midwest, selling science to newspapers large and small. By the end of the year, she become the organization’s sales and advertising manager.

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    19. Dr. Marguerite Toscano, Quaternary Marine Geoscientist at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, investigates paleobiologic and paleogeologic topics focused on fossil coral reefs and mangrove deposits of the Caribbean region. #Groundbreaker

      Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Marguerite Toscano

      • Date: June 3, 2015
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Dr. Marguerite Toscano, Quaternary Marine Geoscientist at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, investigates paleobiologic and paleogeologic topics focused on fossil coral reefs and mangrove deposits of the Caribbean region. #Groundbreaker

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    21. Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute endocrinologist Sarah Putman monitors reproductive hormones found in female giant panda Mei Xiang’s urine to help time natural breeding and/or artificial insemination. #Groundbreaker

      Women in Science Wednesday: Sarah Putman

      • Date: November 26, 2014
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Sarah Putman, an endocrinologist at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute's Sarah Putman, a.k.a. the "Poop Sleuth," monitors the panda's feces for reproductive hormones to help time natural breeding and/or artificial inseminations

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    23. Botanist and Curator, Dr. Vicki Funk of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History's Department of Botany, directs the Biological Diversity of the Guiana Shield Program. She specializes in the Compositae (Sunflower family), focusing on the evolution and biogeography of plants of South American highlands. #Groundbreaker

      Women in Science Wednesday: Vicki Funk

      • Date: July 22, 2015
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Senior Scientist Vicki Funk, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History's Department of Botany, directs the Biological Diversity of the Guiana Shield Program and specializes in the evolution and biogeography of plants of the South American highlands. #Groundbreaker

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