In celebration of Women's History Month, the Markus Library is pleased to introduce The Lost Women of Science Initiative , a 501(c)3 non-profit organization with two related missions: to tell the forgotten stories of female scientists who made groundbreaking achievements in their fields and to inspire girls and young women to embark on careers in [...]
In honor of Black History Month 2023, the Markus Library wants to acknowledge African American women who have made contributions to the fields of science and medicine by highlighting a few books from its Diversity, Equality, and Inclusivity collection. African American Women Chemists written by Jeannette E. Brown, an African American chemist herself, examines the [...]
Webinar Friday Lecture Series (open to the Tri-I community) Friday, May 7, 2021 Hannah Valantine, M.D. Professor of Medicine Stanford University Achieving Inclusive Excellence in Biomedical Research: Applying Genomics to Unravel Health Disparities in Organ Transplantation Recommended Readings: Empirical Articles Agbor-Enoh, Sean; Shah, Palak; Tunc, Ilker; et al. (2021). Cell-Free DNA to Detect Heart Allograft [...]
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020 goes to.... Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice, jointly for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus. Illustration: Niklas Elmehed. © Nobel Media Their contribution, the discovery of Hepatitis C virus, revealed the cause of the cases of chronic hepatitis and made possible blood tests [...]
