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7 th April 2009

"Women in Science" Dr. Marta Hernández Pérez Gender Awareness Group ( ALL VITAL WOMEN). 7 th April 2009. Rosalind Franklin. 25 July 1920 -16 April 1958 British biophysicist and x-ray crystallographer King’s College-Birkbeck College She used X-ray diffraction to view DNA

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7 th April 2009

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  1. "Women in Science" Dr. Marta Hernández Pérez Gender Awareness Group ( ALL VITAL WOMEN) 7th April 2009

  2. Rosalind Franklin • 25 July 1920 -16 April 1958 • British biophysicist and x-ray crystallographer • King’s College-Birkbeck College • She used X-ray diffraction to view DNA • James Watson and Francis Crick used Franklin’s data to build 3D models of the structure of DNA (helical structure) after attending one oh her presentations in London. • Aaron Klug was her assistant (Nobel Laureate 1982) • Completed a model of TMV (tobacco mosaic virus) • RNAss in TMV is wound • along the inner surface • of the hollow virus

  3. Francoise Barre-Sinoussi • July 30, 1947, Paris • PhD 1975 (Institut Pasteur (Paris, France) • Professor and Director, Regulation of Retroviral Infections Unit, Virology Department, Institut Pasteur. • 8th women (out of 36) to receive the Nobel Prize in Physiology & Medicine 2008 shared with Luc Montagnier, and also Harald zur Hausen (human papilloma virus-cervical cancer-) • for their discovery of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) isolated from lymphocytes and blood of patients (1984) • Causes Acquired Human Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) (1981) afecting 1% of the population • 1st known human lentivirus • detected activity of the retroviral enzyme RT (retrovirus)

  4. "Women in Science" Worldwide initiatives: RNA Society celebrates a "Women in Science" dinner at every meeting. L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards are awarded annually to 5 outstanding female scientists worldwide. One Award Laureate is named from each of five continents: Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America and North America. The Laureates receive individual awards of US$ 100,000. Commemorating the International Women’s Day (March 6th), receive the award at a ceremony in Paris. http://www.awis.org/careers/edfoundation.html Science/AAAS, in collaboration with the L'Oréal Corporate Foundation, have put together the "Young Women in Science booklet". Stories about young women beginning their scientific careers.

  5. "Women in Science" Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport 5 April 2009

  6. "Women in Science"

  7. "Women in Science" 2009 Tebello Nyokong Grahamstown-South Africa Akiko Kobayashi Tokyo-Japan Athene M. Donald Cambridge-UK Beatriz_Barbuy São Paulo-Brazil Eugenia Kumacheva Toronto-Canada

  8. "Women in Science" 27 women

  9. "Women in Science" • Features: • 10 countries • 16 PhD • 5 principal investigators leading groups • 212 articles / 27 women • 1st meeting Brno 23 (9) w /55 (13 m) • 2nd meeting Novi Sad 23 w /46 –officer- • 3 PhD women funded by VITAL for doing PhD

  10. "Women in Science" • VITAL actions for WiS PRIZE • 700-1,000 € and diploma to the senior women scientist publishing the highest impact factor article as last author • 700-1,000 € and diploma to the junior women scientist or PhD student publishing the highest impact factor article as first author • In case of same journal or equal corresponding, prize will be shared among authors • VITAL Coordinator and also EC officer likes the idea (coordinator will request authorization from each partner to take 100-150 €/partner budget) Sponsors will be looked for to find extra funding. Suggestions, proposals, …

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