Women in Science
Members of the Bhaya and Grossman labs presented at the California Academy of Sciences NightLife on March 3, 2022. Check out the links below to explore algae, cyanotypes, and some of the women behind the discoveries.
Event Pictures
The lab with the complete setup
Setting up our exhibit
Guests interacting with our cyanotype activity
Women in science cyanotypes: Emmanuelle Charpentier (top left), Jennifer Doudna (top right), and Barbara McClintock (bottom).
Plant cyanotype
Anna Atkins
Browse her cyanotypes of algae in Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions
Algae and Cyanobacteria
Painting by Peter Borja
Phycologists
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Dr. Lynn Margulis
advanced the endosymbiotic theory, which hypothesized that mitochondria and chloroplasts arose from bacteria.
Dr. Mary Parke
was instrumental in developing algal culturing techniques, depositing these strains in the MBA algal culture collection, and founding the British Phycological Society.
Dr. Ursula Goodenough
made key contributions to understanding the lifecycle of the model alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
Dr. Penny Chisholm
has spent her career characterizing the abundant marine cyanobacterium, Prochlorococcus.
Also…
Image sources:
https://www.strathmoreartist.com/blog-reader/cyanotype-watercolor-and-gouache.html; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Atkins; https://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/technique/make-cyanotypes-top-tips-121398; https://agentgallery.com/wall-pieces/leaf-anatomy-cyanotype-original-piece-signed; https://fineartamerica.com/art/algae; https://cosmosmagazine.com/nature/science-history-lynn-margulis-contrarian-to-the-end/; https://www.embrc.eu/newsroom/news/mary-parke-phycologist-green-fingers-tiny-marine-algae; https://biology.wustl.edu/people/ursula-goodenough; https://biology.mit.edu/profile/sallie-penny-w-chisholm/