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  1. Dr. Mary Hagedorn, research scientist at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, created the first genome repository for endangered coral species and has distributed this germplasm to frozen banks around the world. If necessary, these banks could one day help reseed our oceans. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Mary Hagedorn

    • Date: November 12, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Dr. Mary Hagedorn, research scientist at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, created the first genome repository for endangered coral species and has distributed this germplasm to frozen banks around the world. If necessary, these banks could one day help reseed our oceans. #Grounbreaker

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  3. Botanist and Director of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's Herbarium, Dr. Mireya Correa, received the Jose Cuatrecasas Medal for Excellence in Tropical Botany offered by the Department of Botany and the United States National Herbarium, and Emeritus Scientist of the Year offered by Asociacion para el avance de la Ciencia. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Mireya Correa

    • Date: March 11, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Botanist and Director of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's Herbarium, Dr. Mireya Correa, received the Jose Cuatrecasas Medal for Excellence in Tropical Botany offered by the Department of Botany and the United States National Herbarium, and Emeritus Scientist of the Year offered by Asociacion para el avance de la Ciencia. #Groundbreaker

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  5. Dr. Nancy Knowlton, Marine Scientist at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History researches the ecology and evolution of coral reefs using molecular genetics, field studies, and mathematical modeling. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Nancy Knowlton

    • Date: June 17, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Dr. Nancy Knowlton, Marine Scientist at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History researches the ecology and evolution of coral reefs using molecular genetics, field studies, and mathematical modeling. #Groundbreaker

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  7. Dr. Paula DePriest, Deputy Director, Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute, and lichenologist, travels to Mongolia each year to build GIS data of the Mongolian region as part of a larger cultural heritage effort at the Smithsonian to create GIS databases for archaeological and historical sites. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Paula DePriest

    • Date: February 24, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Dr. Paula DePriest, Deputy Director, Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute, and lichenologist, travels to Mongolia each year to build GIS data of the Mongolian region as part of a larger cultural heritage effort at the Smithsonian to create GIS databases for archaeological and historical sites. #Groundbreaker

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  9. Botanist and suffragette, Mary Agnes Chase, led the Smithsonian's Herbarium, was the eminent expert on grasses, and at the age of 93, published a 3-volume index of U.S. grasses with over 80,000 species. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Mary Agnes Chase

    • Date: August 5, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Botanist and suffragette, Mary Agnes Chase, led the Smithsonian's Herbarium, was the eminent expert on grasses, and at the age of 93, published a 3-volume index of U.S. grasses with over 80,000 species. #Groundbreaker

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  11. The Smithsonian’s first paid female scientist and full-time curator, Mary Jane Rathbun, spent her life’s work on the classification of decapod Crustacea (shrimps, crabs and their near relatives) and wrote a 4-volume series on the crabs of America. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Mary Jane Rathbun

    • Date: September 23, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: The Smithsonian’s first paid female scientist and full-time curator, Mary Jane Rathbun, spent her life’s work on the classification of decapod Crustacea (shrimps, crabs and their near relatives) and wrote a 4-volume series on the crabs of America. #Groundbreaker

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  13. Materials scientist Dr. Odile Madden, Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute, studies the role of polymer-plasticizer interaction in plastic degradation and the characterization and reverse engineering of historic plastic artifacts. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Odile Madden

    • Date: January 27, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Materials scientist Dr. Odile Madden, Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute, studies the role of polymer-plasticizer interaction in plastic degradation and the characterization and reverse engineering of historic plastic artifacts. #Groundbreaker

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  15. Dr. Pepi Fabbiano is Senior Astrophysicist, High Energy Astrophysics Division, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. She studies normal galaxies and their different X-ray emission components; XRB populations; hot ISM and mass measurements of early-type galaxies; and the connection between galaxy environment and nuclear activity. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Pepi Fabbiano

    • Date: February 4, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Dr. Pepi Fabbiano is Senior Astrophysicist, High Energy Astrophysics Division, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. She studies normal galaxies and their different X-ray emission components; XRB populations; hot ISM and mass measurements of early-type galaxies; and the connection between galaxy environment and nuclear activity. #Groundbreaker

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  17. The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's Rachel Collin, Evolutionary Biologist and Director of their Bocas Del Toro Research Station, studies the evolution of marine gastropods (snails) and oversees multiple disciplines of marine biology at the Collin Lab in Bocas del Toro. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Rachel Collin

    • Date: April 8, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: The Smithsonian Tropical Research Center's Dr. Rachel Collin, Evolutionary Biologist and Director of their Bocas Del Toro Research Station, studies the evolution of marine gastropods (snails) and oversees multiple disciplines of marine biology at the Collin Lab in Bocas del Toro. #Groundbreaker

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  19. Biologist Betty Jane Landrum (far right) worked at the Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center (1965-1989) supporting systematic research all over the world. She was awarded the Smithsonian Career Service award in 1976 and was honored for her contributions to Antarctic research with the naming of a geographic feature, Landrum Island. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Betty Jane Landrum

    • Date: June 3, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: In Memoriam: Betty Jane Landrum, longtime partner and wife of reference archivist, Ellen Alers. Biologist Betty Jane Landrum (far right) worked at the Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center (1965-1974) supporting systematic research all over the world. She was awarded the Smithsonian Career Service award in 1976 and was honored for her contributions to Antarctic research

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  21. Reproductive physiologist, Dr. JoGayle Howard, Smithsonian National Zoo, dedicated her life to helping the reproduction of endangered species such as the black-footed ferret and clouded leopard. In 2010, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service gave Howard the prestigious award, “Recovery Champion.” #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. JoGayle Howard

    • Date: July 29, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: In Memorium: Dr. JoGayle Howard died March 5, 2011 at age 59, in Washington, D.C. from malignant melanoma. Her legacy lives on in the survival of the species that she studied, including the black-footed ferret, giant panda, clouded leopard, cheetah, fishing cat, Florida panther and elephant. Reproductive physiologist, Dr. JoGayle Howard, Smithsonian National Zoo, dedicated her

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Janine Brown

    • Date: February 22, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Congratulations to Janine Brown for receiving the Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Award to examine, "Using serum inflammatory markers to investigate the immune response to elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus."

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