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Women in Stem with Dr Rachel Lagiakos

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Coupling my desire to be a scientist with my keen sense of adventure, I moved to Alaska out of high school to begin my undergraduate studies in chemistry, applying myself to my STEM classes whilst also climbing mountains and chasing Northern Lights. She is an active voice for diversity and inclusion in the Sciences.

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A Brief History of GFP

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First, Hirata was so impressed with his young student that he granted him a PhD in organic chemistry in 1960. elegans , had become fascinated with GFP as a biological marker after learning about it at a seminar. This breakthrough , after ten months of effort, marked Shimomura’s first major scientific success.

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