Dec 31 S3.27 Repost Not just the wife

Episodes, History of genetics, Women in genetics

We’re reposting some of our favourite episodes over the holiday period. In this episode from March 2019, we told the often-overlooked stories of four women who helped to shape the science of life: Esther Lederberg, Harriet Creighton, Tsuneko Okazaki and Martha Chase.

Full show notes and references here.

Photo of Barbara McClintock, left, and Harriet Creighton, courtesy of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives, non-commercial educational use only