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Dr Mary-Claire King

Dr. King’s important discovery of the BRCA1 gene in 1990 transformed the medical world for breast cancer.

Dr Sue Desmond-Hellmann

Sue Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, is a physician-scientist who led the development of the first gene-targeted drug for treating breast cancer.

Rosalind Franklin

Chemist whose x-ray diffraction studies provided crucial clues to the structure of DNA and quantitatively confirmed the Watson-Crick DNA model

Salome Gluecksohn-Waelsch

Pioneering geneticist renowned for her contributions to the field of developmental genetics.

Renowned scientist and Professor Emeritus at the National Institute of Genetics. She specializes in population genetics and molecular evolution and is famous for her work on the nearly neutral theory of evolution.

Dr Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard

Christiane “Janni” Nüsslein-Volhard is a prominent German developmental biologist who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1995, making her the only German woman to achieve this distinction in the field of science.

Flossie Wong-Staal

Chinese-American virologist and molecular biologist whose pioneering work reshaped our understanding of HIV/AIDS. She was a trailblazer who made history by successfully cloning HIV and unveiling its genetic intricacies. This monumental achievement marked a significant leap forward in confirming HIV as the root cause of AIDS.

Dr Elizabeth Blackburn

In 1984, Blackburn and Carol W. Greider jointly discovered telomerase, the enzyme responsible for telomere replenishment. This groundbreaking achievement led to their winning the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2009, with Blackburn making history as the first Australian woman Nobel laureate.