WOMEN IN SCIENCE

MICROBIOLOGISTS

By: Aymara Herrero Feria

INDEX

● Introduction● Alice Catherine Evans● Rebecca Lancefield● Lynn Margulis● Links

INTRODUCTION to microbiology

Alice Catherine Evans

● Born: January 29, 1881 Neath, Pennsylvania

● Died: September 5, 1975 (aged 94) Alexandria, Virginia

ALICE CATHERINE EVANS

● Researcher at the U.S Department of Agriculture.

● Join in the U.S Public Health Services.● First female president of Society of American

Bacteriologists

Rebecca Lancefield

● Born: January 5, 1895 Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island, New York

● Died: March 3, 1981 (aged 86)

REBECCA LANCEFIELD● Ph.D and microbiology professor in Columbia University.

● Second female president of the Society of american Bacteriologists.

● Serological classification of beta-hemolytic streptococcal bacteria. Wich is based on the carbohydrate composition of bacterial antigens found on their cell walls.

Lynn Margulis

● Lynn Margulis

● Born: March 5, 1938 Chicago Illinois, U.S

● Died: Nevember 22, 2011 (aged 73) Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S

LYNN MARGULIS

● Theory on the origin of complex cells.

● Graduated in genetics and zoology.

● Distinguished Professor of Botany and Geosciences.

● Final cell organelles theory approval.

● L. Margulis has been awarded in about twenty times.

● Many books and articles published.

LINKS

● http://jornades.uab.cat/workshopmrama/content/microbiologos● http://feminismo.about.com/od/poder/tp/Mujeres-que-han-revolucionado-la-ciencia-de-la-vida.htm● https://translate.google.es/#es/en/Libros%20publicados● http://www.mobio.com/blog/2013/01/28/inspiring-women-scientists-in-microbiology-and-ecology/