Kat: Hello, and welcome to Genetics Unzipped - the Genetics Society podcast, with me, Dr Kat Arney. In this episode from our series exploring 100 ideas in genetics, we’re telling the often-overlooked stories of four women who helped to shape the science of life.

Every other episode of Genetics Unzipped, we’re celebrating the Genetics Society’s centenary year by exploring some of the top 100 ideas in genetics. This time it’s the stories of four women who have often been overlooked in the history of 20th century genetics: Esther Lederberg, Harriet Creighton, Tsuneko Okazaki and Martha Chase.

We’ve run out of time for this episode, but there are many, many more stories still to be told about the women who helped to shape the science of genetics. We’ll cover some more in future episodes, and please do tweet us with your suggestions @geneticsunzip. And if you’re interested in women and gender in the history of science and culture more generally, do check out the aptly named Lady Science podcast.

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Genetics Unzipped is written and presented by me, Kat Arney, and produced by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - one of the oldest learned societies in the world dedicated to supporting and promoting the research, teaching and application of genetics. You can find out more and apply to join at genetics.org.uk Our theme music was composed by Dan Pollard, the logo was designed by James Mayall and production was by Hannah Varrall. Thanks for listening, and until next time, goodbye.

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F minor Klezmer and New Town Klezmer by The Underscore Orkestra, licensed under a Attribution Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
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1 Person Cheering, Jett Rifkin, Attribution 3.0
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Genetics Unzipped is the podcast from the Genetics Society - one of the oldest learned societies dedicated to promoting research, training, teaching and public engagement in all areas of genetics. Find out more and apply to join at genetics.org.uk

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Powder Puffs and plasmids - Esther Lederberg

The budding lady botanist - Harriet Creighton

Picking up the pieces - Tsuneko Okazaki

Kitchen Aid - Martha Chase