Podcasts about Dorothy Hodgkin

In this episode examine the key concepts of chemical synthesis, structural determination, and biological function, through the work of R.B. Woodward, who approached organic synthesis as an art form, Dorothy Hodgkin, who used X-ray diffraction to make molecular structures "real" , and Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, whose work on the ribosome revealed how RNA senses base-pairing geometry and ensures fidelity. This episode will explore the tools, challenges, and breakthroughs in these scientific fields. Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes. While every effort has been made to ensure accuracy, the producers are not responsible for errors or omissions. Listeners should seek advice from qualified professionals when necessary.

This is the eighth episode in our series Women Scientists. This episode is about Dorothy Hodgkin, a chemist whose discoveries saved innumerous lives. For more episodes, visit our podcast website https://anchor.fm/imaginebrite.

In dieser Spezialfolge über Dorothy Hodgkin geht es um Kinderwunsch & Schwangerschaft mit RA – heute und 1930. Wir begleiten die Chemikerin durch ihr Leben: Von den ersten RA-Symptomen sowie der Diagnose über drei Geburten mit ihren peri- und postpartalen Komplikationen bis hin zum Nobelpreis. Die Rheumatologinnen Prof. Rieke Alten und Dr. Isabell Haase ordnen den Fall in den heutigen Therapiestandard ein, schildern aktuelle Erkenntnisse und geben praktische Tipps zum Vorgehen bei Kinderwunsch.

Alojz Ihan, Alenka Zupančič, Marina Dermastia in Tomaž Zwitter o dvomu in kritičnem razumu Zadnja tri leta so nam govorili, naj zaupamo v znanost in izsledke raziskav. Govorili so, naj zaupamo in verjamemo poznavalcem, strokovnjakom, znanstvenikom. Vendar; ali ni prav dvom bistvo znanosti? Ali ni kritični razum tisto, kar najbolj krasi inteligentnega človeka? Vprašanja, ki odpirajo širše dileme. Ali moramo zaupati v znanost? Ali lahko verjamemo znanstvenicam in znanstvenikom? V Intelekti razmišljajo: zdravnik Alojz Ihan, filozofinja Alenka Zupančič, biologinja Marina Dermastia in astrofizik Tomaž Zwitter. Vsi so doktorji znanosti, ugledni predavatelji, vsi pišejo in objavljajo. Na debato v studio Prvega jih je povabil Iztok Konc. Foto, od leve proti desni in od spodaj navzdol: Aristotel, filozof (384-321 pr. n. št) Satyendra Nath Bose, fizik in matematik (1894-1974) Emanuelle Charpentier, genetičarka (1954) Dorothy Hodgkin, kemičarka (1910-1994) Gregor Mendel, genetik (1822-1884) Stephen Hawking, kozmolog (1942-2018) Sigmund Freud, psihoanalitik (1856-1939) Charles Darwin, biolog (1809-1882) Mohamed ibn Musa al Hvarizmi, astronom in matematik (780-847) Ada Lovelace, matematičarka (1815-1852) Niels Bohr, fizik (1885-1962) Tu Youyou, farmakologinja (1930) Nikolaj Kopernik, astronom (1473-1543) Dmitri Mendeleev, kemik (1834-1907) Albert Einstein, fizik (1879-1955) Marie Curie, fizičarka in kemičarka (1867-1934) Jennifer Doudna, biokemičarka (1964) Alan Turing, računalničar (1912-1954) Max Planck, fizik (1858-1947) Konstantin Ciolkovski, raketni znanstvenik (1857-1935) Alessandro Volta, fizik in kemik (1745-1827) Maryam Mirzakhani, matematičarka (1977-2017) Fibonacci, matematik (1170-1250) Nikola Tesla, elektroinženir (1856-1943) Louis Pasteur, mikrobiolog (1822-1895) Ferdinand de Saussure, jezikoslovec (1857-1913) Galileo Galilei, astronom (1564-1642) Rosalind Franklin, kemičarka (1920-1958) Isaac Newton, fizik (1642-1727) Herman Potočnik Noordung, teoretik plovbe po vesolju (1892-1929) Claude Levi-Strauss, antropolog (1908-2009) Vera Rubin, astronomka (1928-2016) Johannes Kepler, astronom (1571-1630) Jane Goodall, primatologinja (1934)   Vse fotografije so na Wikipediji objavljene kot javna last, z izjemo naslednjih: al-Hvarizmi (Wikipedija, Davide Mauro), de Saussure (Wikipedija, Frank-Henri Jullien), Tu (Wikipedija, Bengt Nyman), Franklin (Wikipedija, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology), Charpentier (Wikipedija, Bianca Fioretti), Doudna (Wikipedija, Cmichel67), Goodall (Wikipedija, Muhammad Mahdi Karim), Rubin (Wikipedija, NOIRLab), Lévi-Strauss (Wikipedija, UNESCO), Fibonacci (Wikipedija, Hans-Peter Postel), Mirzakhani (Wikipedija, Maryeraud9),

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We're putting more incredible scientists head to head this week on our mission to crown the greatest scientist of all time! This episode, we've got some seriously tough showdowns, like Richard Dawkins vs Lynn Margulis and some *slightly* less tricky battles, like J.B.S Haldane vs Archimedes… We're also discussing the amazing work of Tu YouYou, Charles Darwin, Dorothy Hodgkin and Vera Ruben! Join us next week to find out who will reign supreme!@EurekaPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The inspiring story of the only British Nobel Prize winner Dr Dorothy Hodgkin.

Derek Hockaday interviews Ann Taylor, researcher and physiologist, 20 January 2016. Topics discussed include: (00:01:25) family connection to Oxford, teenage years in Oxford High school for girls, entry into Somerville and old quota system; (00:02:57) being under the care of Dorothy Hodgkin in the medical school; (00:04:32) Janet Vaughn; (00:05:20) thoughts on schools year, practical work and courses; (00:11:00) working at the Pickering unit, comparing Witts and Pickering; (00:12:38) role post-research; (00:16:10) appointed first medical tutor and lecturer at St. Anne's college, work with H.B Parry in the Nuffield Institute; (00:21:15) work at Stanford, America, thoughts on American healthcare system, work under Roy Maffly on cell biology (effects of antimitotic drugs); (00:24:10) submitting research paper to the Congress of Nephrology, grant application having to be under Roy Maffly's name; (00:28:26) moving to Cornell University Medical School, department of physiology, and work on microtubules; (00:31:57) returning to Oxford, lectureship in physiology department joint appointment allocation with St Edmund Hall, tutoring and lecturing; (00:35:40) running the renal physiology course; (00:239:12) memories of colleagues in the department of physiology; (00:41:38) thoughts on Oxford Medical system; (00:45:25) family at time of clinical course, support with children; (00:48:03) being the first woman fellow at St Edmund Hall in 1980; (00:52:25) relationship between clinical and pre-clinical departments, surgeons; (00:56:51) ward sisters and nurses.

Neues Jahr, neue Folge! Juni berichtet von deren Vorsätzen, wir werden sehen, ob das was wird. Außerdem stellt Philipp eine Studie vor, in der es um Genderstereotype und die dadurch beeinflusste Berufswahl - vor allem im IT- und Engineering-Bereich - geht. Die ersten Wissenschaftlerin heute ist Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin. Sie war Biochemikerin, eine Pionierin in der Kristallstrukturanalyse und hat durch ihre Forschung maßgeblich zum besseren Verständnis von verschiedensten Stoffen beigetragen. Vera Cooper Rubin war Astronomin & Physikerin und vor allem im theoretischen & kontroversen Bereich unterwegs. Die Missachtung ihrer Kollegen (absichtlich nicht gegendert) hat ihr leider so manche Anerkennung verwehrt, trotzdem ließ sie sich weder von ihren Kollegen noch von anscheinend verwirrenden Ergebnissen aufhalten. Studie: Gender stereotypes about interests start early and cause gender disparities in computer science and engineering https://www.pnas.org/content/118/48/e2100030118 HerStory Podcast Rosalind Franklin https://herstorypod.de/2020/11/02/rosalind-franklin-die-brillante-dna-forscherin/ Geschichten aus der Geschichte Podcast über die Geschwister Herschel https://www.geschichte.fm/archiv/gag313/ Sabine Hossenfelder über dunkle Materie und alternative Lösungen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_qJptwikRc YouTube-Kanal Quanta Magazine https://m.youtube.com/c/QuantamagazineOrgNews/videos Simulation zur Relativitätstheorie/Lichtgeschwindigkeit http://gamelab.mit.edu/games/a-slower-speed-of-light/ c) Intro/Outro-Music: A Few Moments Later by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

On this day in 1910, Nobel-prize winning chemist Dorothy Hodgkin was born. / On this day in 1941, civil engineer and inventor Konrad Zuse, who worked in Nazi Germany, unveiled the first full functional, programmable computer. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Patricia Fara is a historian of science at Cambridge University and well-known for her writings on women in science. Her forthcoming book, Life After Gravity: Isaac Newton's London Career, details the life of the titan of the so-called Scientific Revolution after his famous (though perhaps mythological) discovery under the apple tree. Her work emphasizes science as a long, continuous process composed of incremental contributions–in which women throughout history have taken a crucial part–rather than the sole province of a few monolithic innovators. Patricia joined Tyler to discuss why Newton left Cambridge to run The Royal Mint, why he was so productive during the Great Plague,  why the “Scientific Revolution” should instead be understand as a gradual process, what the Antikythera device tells us about science in the ancient world, the influence of Erasmus Darwin on his grandson, why more people should know Dorothy Hodgkin, how George Eliot inspired her to commit unhistoric acts, why she opposes any kind of sex-segregated schooling, her early experience in a startup, what modern students of science can learn from studying Renaissance art, the reasons she considers Madame Lavoisier to be the greatest female science illustrator, the unusual work habit brought to her attention by house guests, the book of caricatures she’d like to write next, and more. Follow us on Twitter and IG: @cowenconvos  Email: cowenconvos@mercatus.gmu.edu Follow Tyler on Twitter Facebook Newsletter

This week's episode focuses on two pioneering women in the field of xray crystallography! So join us to learn what that is, who they are, and how one of them may or may not be a wizard. Additionally, find out what talent Morgan has that leaves Nikki at a loss for words : ).

Georgina Ferry recounts the life of famed scientist Dorothy Hodgkin and her life's work to understand how insulin works. BYU's Benjamin T. Bikman shares recent discoveries on how insulin effects the overall health of people without diabetes.

In Episode 11 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the legendary British painter and sculptor, MAGGI HAMBLING! And WOW was it fun (and definitely an experience!) to visit the very brilliant Maggi in her South London studio to speak about her extensive and incredible five decades-and-counting career. Known for her portraits of the likes of comedian Max Wall to chemist Dorothy Hodgkin, sublime depictions of seascapes, public sculptures that include a 4-metre high steel 'Scallop' on Aldeburgh Beach, Maggi is always one to give her viewer some sort of immediate reaction, whether that be physical, emotional, or at times, controversial. Born in 1945, Maggi grew up in rural Suffolk with her two older siblings – which we discuss weren't particularly happy about her being a girl – before going on to study under Cedric Morris and Lett Haines, and later Camberwell, and the Slade School of Art. In this episode – which starts with a little surprise – we discuss the artist's upbringing and beginnings with art, what led her to become top in her class age 15, her time being the first artist in residence at London’s National Gallery in 1980, to painting the truth in comedians, dealing with grief through painting (referencing her nickname Maggi "coffin" Hambling!), and how it was through art that she could 'get closer to the man in the street'. This was one of the most incredible experiences of my life. Maggi is not just a brilliant artist but a hilarious person who tells tales from her fascinating career, all whilst smoking at least nine or so cigarettes over the course of our interview – listen out for the lighters! WORKS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE  Dorothy Hodgkin, 1985 https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw07497/Dorothy-Hodgkin Max Wall, 1981  https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/hambling-max-wall-and-his-image-t03542 Stephen Fry, 1993 https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw09544/Stephen-Fry Father, Late December, 1997  https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/hambling-father-late-december-1997-t07835 Film of Maggi by Tate:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4-4Syn1pmE Further reading on her seascapes:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4px9CyGCzjPWBYKFn8BgmXC/stormy-waters-maggi-hambling-returns-to-the-national Thank you for listening!! This episode is sponsored by the National Art Pass/ @artfund: https://bit.ly/32HJVDk To receive a free tote bag with your National Art Pass, enter the code GREAT at checkout! Follow us: Katy Hessel: @thegreatwomenartists / @katy.hessel Recorded by Joel Price Sound editing by @_ellieclifford Artwork by @thisisaliceskinner Music by Ben Wetherfield https://www.thegreatwomenartists.com/

Now a professor of biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, in 1969 Sir Thomas Blundell was one of the first people to see what the hormone insulin looked like. As part of the team led by Nobel Prize winner Dorothy Hodgkin, it was a medical breakthrough for diabetes patients everywhere. “I was always interested in doing a range of different things,” Professor Blundell says. “I came from a family where my grandfather was a very gifted artist and musician. And although my parents left school when they were 14 and 15, they always encouraged me to think more broadly.” “So I may be a little bit unusual because I've ended up doing things in politics, music and science, and that of course led me to advise prime ministers and to run organisations and found companies.” Professor Blundell's research has focussed on understanding the structure and function of molecules for targets to improve drug design. “By using X-rays with very short wavelength, I can see these very tiny molecules. Add in other methods like electron microscopy and the individual molecules can be revealed. His work has contributed significantly to stopping the progression of HIV into AIDS and to developing new drugs for cancer treatment in both his academic career and through a spinoff company he initially founded with two former students. “In Europe, Australia and the United States, we are lucky, we have access to medicines that research has developed, but the real challenge is to make sure that it's available not just to the rich, but to the world in general.” Episode recorded: September 26, 2019. Interviewer: Dr Andi Horvath. Producer, audio engineer and editor: Chris Hatzis. Co-production: Silvi Vann-Wall and Dr Andi Horvath. Image: Getty Images.

Now a professor of biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, in 1969 Sir Thomas Blundell was one of the first people to see what the hormone insulin looked like. As part of the team led by Nobel Prize winner Dorothy Hodgkin, it was a medical breakthrough for diabetes patients everywhere. “I was always interested in doing a range of different things,” Professor Blundell says. “I came from a family where my grandfather was a very gifted artist and musician. And although my parents left school when they were 14 and 15, they always encouraged me to think more broadly.” “So I may be a little bit unusual because I’ve ended up doing things in politics, music and science, and that of course led me to advise prime ministers and to run organisations and found companies.” Professor Blundell’s research has focussed on understanding the structure and function of molecules for targets to improve drug design. “By using X-rays with very short wavelength, I can see these very tiny molecules. Add in other methods like electron microscopy and the individual molecules can be revealed. His work has contributed significantly to stopping the progression of HIV into AIDS and to developing new drugs for cancer treatment in both his academic career and through a spinoff company he initially founded with two former students. “In Europe, Australia and the United States, we are lucky, we have access to medicines that research has developed, but the real challenge is to make sure that it’s available not just to the rich, but to the world in general.” Episode recorded: September 26, 2019. Interviewer: Dr Andi Horvath. Producer, audio engineer and editor: Chris Hatzis. Co-production: Silvi Vann-Wall and Dr Andi Horvath. Image: Getty Images.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the work and ideas of Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1910-1994), awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1964 for revealing the structures of vitamin B12 and penicillin and who later determined the structure of insulin. She was one of the pioneers of X-ray crystallography and described by a colleague as 'a crystallographers' crystallographer'. She remains the only British woman to have won a Nobel in science, yet rejected the idea that she was a role model for other women, or that her career was held back because she was a woman. She was also the first woman since Florence Nightingale to receive the Order of Merit, and was given the Lenin Peace Prize in recognition of her efforts to bring together scientists from the East and West in pursuit of nuclear disarmament. With Georgina Ferry Science writer and biographer of Dorothy Hodgkin Judith Howard Professor of Chemistry at Durham University and Patricia Fara Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge Producer: Simon Tillotson

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the work and ideas of Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1910-1994), awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1964 for revealing the structures of vitamin B12 and penicillin and who later determined the structure of insulin. She was one of the pioneers of X-ray crystallography and described by a colleague as 'a crystallographers' crystallographer'. She remains the only British woman to have won a Nobel in science, yet rejected the idea that she was a role model for other women, or that her career was held back because she was a woman. She was also the first woman since Florence Nightingale to receive the Order of Merit, and was given the Lenin Peace Prize in recognition of her efforts to bring together scientists from the East and West in pursuit of nuclear disarmament. With Georgina Ferry Science writer and biographer of Dorothy Hodgkin Judith Howard Professor of Chemistry at Durham University and Patricia Fara Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge Producer: Simon Tillotson

On this day in 1910, Nobel-prize winning chemist Dorothy Hodgkin was born.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Programa semanal. África nos habla de Dorothy Hodkin. Y Raquel nos cuenta aspectos de las micas. Más información en https://geocastaway.com/T10E07

Saludos. En el programa de esta semana: África nos habla de Dorothy Hodgin. Una química que estuvo relacionada con la penicilina. Raquel nos cuenta aspectos sobre las MICAS. No os olvidéis de que del 14 al 16 de diciembre se celebra la Primera Geoquedada. Tenéis hasta el domingo 25 de noviembre para apuntaros. ¡Ya somos más de 25 inscritos!

Emlyn tells Emma about the founder of protein crystallography, Dr. Dorothy Crawfoot Hodgkin, and Emma tells Emlyn about how spiders use electric fields to balloon!   Sources: Main Story - Dorothy Hodgkin The Nobel Prize: https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1964/hodgkin-bio.html Royal Society of Chemistry: http://www.rsc.org/diversity/175-faces/all-faces/dorothy-hodgkin-om-frs/ Science History Institute: https://www.sciencehistory.org/historical-profile/dorothy-crowfoot-hodgkin Ferry, Georgina. (2014) Dorothy Hodgkin: on proteins and patterns. The Lancet,Volume 384, Issue 9953, Pp. 1496-1497. "Principles, Structure and Activities of Pugwash For the Eleventh Quinquennium (2007–2012)". https://web.archive.org/web/20030819053554/http:/www.pugwash.org/about/principles.htm Dorothy Hodgkin and her contributions to biochemistry, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, Nov 2013. http://link.galegroup.com.ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/apps/pub/2IIA/SCIC?u=txshracd2598&sid=SCIC. 100 years of X-ray Crystallography. http://cen.xraycrystals.org/penicillin.html Thatcher and Hodgkin: How chemistry overcame politics, BBC News: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-28801302   Women who werk Study: Erica L. Morley and Daniel Robert show that electric fields elicit spider ballooning behavior. Video and article in Current Biology: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982218306936?via%3Dihub Article summarizing study’s findings: “The electric flight of spiders” by Ed Wong. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/07/the-electric-flight-of-spiders/564437/   Music “Work” by Rihanna “Mary Anning” by Artichoke “Bad Things” by Jace Everett

Este audio está dedicado a mis hermanos Mexicanos Alex Farfán y Juan Carlos Tinajero y a todo México y la zona afectada por el terremoto del pasado viernes. En la sección principal retomamos el análisis de series y lo hacemos de manos de “Black Mirror”. Os hablaré capítulo a capítulo de todas las temporadas, tanto las dos primeras y el especial “Blanca navidad” del Channel 4 como la 3ª temporada, la de Netflix. Además os avanzaré todo lo que se sabe la futura 4ª temporada. En la sección “Giaccomic” una semana más contamos con mi buen amigo Giacco del podcast Hello Friki, que nos trae las novedades de la semana como ya viene siendo tradición y además, lo complementa con el análisis en profundidad de “Lock and Key” de Joe Hill y Gabriel Rodríguez. En la sección “El verso libre” continuo con canciones de poemas de mi adorado Miguel Hernández y os traigo para la ocasión la genial “Andaluces de Jaén” cantada por Paco Ibáñez (hay otra versión de Jarcha) extraída de su álbum en directo de 1989 grabado en el Olimpia de Paris. En la sección “A golpes de realidad” nos volvemos a juntar Giacco y yo y os traeremos toda la actualidad de la última semana. Hablaremos de terrorismo machista, de la manipulación de los medios de comunicación, la corrupción sistémica del Gobierno del PP … Además Giacco nos trae una brutal tradición de Islas Feroe en su apartado. Finalmente en la sección “¿Qué fue de?” os hablo esta semana de la admirable química Dorothy Hodgkin, pionera en la determinación con rayos-X de la estructura de biomoléculas y ganadora del premio Nobel en dicha categoría en 1964, lo que la convirtió en la tercera mujer en ganarlo después de Marie Curie e Irène Joliot-Curie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMu1VvUJeKg&t=152s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41xsAGV56Os https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq17gCMa34k https://avatma.org/2016/06/21/informe-sobre-la-matanza-de-delfines-calderones-en-las-islas-feroe-dinamarca/ Canal de nuestra musa, la YouTuber Miare's Project: https://www.youtube.com/user/AchlysProject Tiempos: Sección principal: del 00:02:35 al 02:16:17 Sección “Giaccomic”: del 02:17:07 al 02:54:14 Sección “El verso libre”: del 02:55:05 al 03:02:03 Sección “A golpes de realidad”: del 03:00:11 al 04:14:12 Sección “¿Qué fue de?”: del 04:15:21 al 04:53:58 Presentación, dirección, edición y montaje: Asier Menéndez Marín Colaborador: Giacco Diseño logo Podcast: Origami Tales (Anais Medina) Diseño logo Canal: Patrick Grau Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Luke and Liz Hodgkin chat to Emma and Leo about their mother, the Nobel prize winning British chemist, Dorothy Hodgkin, advancing the technique of x-ray crystallography, the only British woman ever to win a Nobel prize and Margaret Thatcher's tutor at Oxford. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Manisha puts her fears to one side to give us an insight into saltwater crocodiles. Did you know that saltwater crocodiles 20 different vocalisations they can make with one another.Also, we all know that Japan is prone to natural disasters, but they also have contingency plans to deal with them.Stu celebrates the birthday and the Nobel prize winning work of occasionally controversial British scientist Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin

Dr Ellie Williams interviews Associate Professor Erika Mancini, a Group Head in the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, about her experiences as a woman in science. Erika started out her career as a physicist before moving to microbiology. They discuss Erika's career pathway, Dorothy Hodgkin and whether Erika thinks things are changing for women in science.

The correspondence of Dorothy Hodgkin (1910-1994) introduced by her biographer, Georgina Ferry. Later in life, Dorothy combined scientific research with actively campaigning for peace, travelling to China and Russia during the Cold War and later writing to her former student, Margaret Thatcher. On receiving the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1964, she said she hoped that, in future, a woman winning such a prize would not require any special comment as 'more use is made of the talents that women share equally with men'. Fifty years later her hope has still not been fulfilled. Dorothy Hodgkin remains the only British woman to have been awarded a Nobel Prize for science. Producer: Anna Buckley.

The correspondence of Dorothy Hodgkin (1910-1994) introduced by her biographer, Georgina Ferry. After the war, Dorothy juggled pioneering research with bringing up three children. Having cracked the structure of penicillin in 1945, she embarked on an even more complicated molecule, vitamin B12, while her husband Thomas spent long periods living and working in Africa. Elected as one of the first female fellows of The Royal Society aged just 36, Dorothy's reputation as a world class researcher was growing, rapidly. Producer: Anna Buckley.

The correspondence of Nobel Prize winning scientist, Dorothy Hodgkin (1910-1994), introduced by her biographer, Georgina Ferry. In the 1940s, Dorothy worked on the structure of a new medicine with a miraculous reputation, penicillin: making her first big breakthrough while breastfeeding her daughter Liz and with her peripatetic husband, Thomas, living and working away from home. Somerville College invented maternity pay for her, a benefit which Dorothy accepted rather reluctantly. As ever, her mother urged her to go gently but, inspired by her discoveries, Dorothy worked harder than ever. Producer: Anna Buckley.

The correspondence of the Nobel Prize winning scientist, Dorothy Hodgkin (1910-1994), introduced by her biographer, Georgina Ferry. In the early 1930s, Dorothy embraced x-ray crystallography, working with her phD supervisor and lover, J.D. Bernal. Letters that were both scientific and highly personal flew back and forth between them, as they tried to determine the internal structure of complex molecules. Producer: Anna Buckley.

The correspondence of Dorothy Hodgkin (1910-1994), broadcast for the first time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of her winning the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1964. Her letters, introduced by her biographer Georgina Ferry, reveal a passionate and gentle woman who juggled pioneering research in x-ray crystallography with bringing up three children, while her husband Thomas spent much of his time in Africa. From an early age, Dorothy ran the family home, looking after her younger siblings while her parents travelled the world. In 1928, Dorothy's parents encouraged her to apply to Oxford University to read chemistry. They were confident in her intellectual ability but her father did worry that, without a good haircut, her appearance might let her down. Dorothy's university friend, Betty Murray, described her as 'quite the most interesting woman in College'. She was passionate about chemistry, choosing to spend her 21st birthday in the lab and became interested in x ray crystallography, a new technique for revealing the internal structure of molecules. She also enjoyed archaeology and painstakingly completed intricate paintings of ancient mosaics. All the while, her distant but devoted mother repeatedly warned her not to work too hard. Dorothy Hodgkin remains the only British woman to have been awarded a Nobel Prize for science. She really ought to be a household name. Producer: Anna Buckley.

Dr Richard Cooper on x-ray crystallography - an incredibly powerful technique for determining the 3D structure of crystals.

X-ray crystallography has long had a reputation for being a scientific field with a significant number of female practitioners, especially in the first half of the twentieth century when it was rare to find women in any scientific discipline. This episode looks at how ideas of ‘women’s work’ did – and did not – affect the lives of crystallography’s pioneering female scientists, with the help of our guest this week, science writer Georgina Ferry, whose writing is re-framing the issue of women in crystallography. We take a peak into the life of X-ray crystallographer Dorothy Hodgkin, who in 1964 became the only British woman ever to win a science Nobel Prize. Then we spotlight the work, across science and design, of a lesser-known X-ray crystallographer named Helen Megaw who spearheaded the Festival Pattern Group, which created spectacular patterns for household goods based on crystal diagrams all the way back in the 1950s. Find out more about this episode at http://atomicradio.org.

Calendar: In 12 mai 1910 s-a nascut Dorothy Hodgkin, chimist britanic ce a primit premiul Nobel in Chimie. Dorothy Hodgkin a avansat tehnica numita cristalografie prin raze X. A confirmat structura penicilinei si apoi a vitaminei B12 (pentru care a primit si premiul Nobel).Dupa alti 5 ani de la castigarea premiului Nobel a reusit sa ...continue reading "Episodul 91 – Pepenii lui Isus"

Conrad Keating, Writer-In-Residence, The Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, Oxford, gives a lecture about the remarkable contribution Oxford has made to the art and science of medicine. For more than 800 years Oxford has made a remarkable contribution to the art and science of medicine. Scientists, philosophers and physicians have made the city an outstanding scientific centre from the medieval period onwards. From Roger Bacon's conception of science as the experimental and inductive study of nature in the 13th century to Dorothy Hodgkin's discovery of the structure of penicillin during World War II, Oxford has been responsible for some of the world's most important medical discoveries. Conrad Keating, Writer-In-Residence, The Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, Oxford, gives a lecture about the remarkable contribution Oxford has made to the art and science of medicine.

Femmes et sciences du 6 janvier 2011. De Sofia Kovalevskaya à Dorothy Hodgkin : Les femmes scientifiques en Europe, Annette Vogt Le sujet « Femmes et Sciences » est sorti de l'ombre en France au milieu des années 1990, lorsque le problème de la place des femmes en politique a été soulevé. Depuis, la crise des vocations scientifiques s'est fait jour : puisque trop peu de jeunes s'orientent vers les sciences et les techniques par rapport aux besoins de notre société, il semble naturel de faire appel à un vivier jusqu'ici plutôt ignoré, celui des filles. La question de la place des femmes dans les sciences, que ce soient les sciences « dures » ou les sciences humaines, n'est pas nouvelle ni spécifiquement française et elle peut être abordée de nombreux points de vue. C'est le choix de cette série conférences organisées par la BnF et l'association Femmes & Sciences.

Femmes et sciences du 6 janvier 2011. De Sofia Kovalevskaya à Dorothy Hodgkin : Les femmes scientifiques en Europe, Annette Vogt Le sujet « Femmes et Sciences » est sorti de l'ombre en France au milieu des années 1990, lorsque le problème de la place des femmes en politique a été soulevé. Depuis, la crise des vocations scientifiques s'est fait jour : puisque trop peu de jeunes s'orientent vers les sciences et les techniques par rapport aux besoins de notre société, il semble naturel de faire appel à un vivier jusqu'ici plutôt ignoré, celui des filles. La question de la place des femmes dans les sciences, que ce soient les sciences « dures » ou les sciences humaines, n'est pas nouvelle ni spécifiquement française et elle peut être abordée de nombreux points de vue. C'est le choix de cette série conférences organisées par la BnF et l'association Femmes & Sciences.

The New Elizabethans: Dorothy Hodgkin. To mark the Diamond Jubilee, James Naughtie examines the lives and impact of the men and women who have given the second Elizabethan age its character. Dorothy Hodgkin was one of the most successful chemists of the twentieth century, discovering the structures of penicillin, insulin, and vitamin B12 through her ground-breaking approach to crystallography. As well as being the first woman to receive the Royal Society's Copley medal, she also taught Margaret Roberts, who would go on to become another New Elizabethan, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Despite their diverging political views, Mrs Thatcher would frequently engage her old teacher in debate and held her in the highest regard, even installing a portrait of Hodgkin in Downing Street. She was, through and through, a family person, mother of three and grandmother of three more, prompting the Daily Mail headline as she won her most prestigious award in October 1964, 'Grandmother wins Nobel Prize'. The New Elizabethans have been chosen by a panel of leading historians, chaired by Lord (Tony) Hall, Chief Executive of London's Royal Opera House. The panellists were Dominic Sandbrook, Bamber Gascoigne, Sally Alexander, Jonathan Agar, Maria Misra and Sir Max Hastings. Producer: Alison Hughes

TIn this episode we learn about lesser-known women in the sciences. We start with Dorothy Hodgkin, the third woman to win a Nobel Prize in chemistry, and end with a tour spotlighting important females whose stories are told in CHF's museum. SHOW CLOCK 00:00 Opening Credits 00:31 Introduction 00:54 Dorothy Hodgkin 03:49 CHF Museum Tour 11:23 Closing Credits CREDITS Special thanks to Jennifer Dionisio, Gigi Naglak, and Anne Fredrickson for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Transcript -- Post-Doctoral Researcher, Clare Warren, nominates Dorothy Hodgkin - the first British woman to win a Nobel Prize.

Post-Doctoral Researcher, Clare Warren, nominates Dorothy Hodgkin - the first British woman to win a Nobel Prize.