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Hypatia was a Greek Neoplatonic philosopher and teacher, a native of Egypt, who excelled in the fields of mathematics and astronomy, a member and head of the Neoplatonic School of Alexandria in the early 5th century. -
Caroline Lucretia Herschel is known for being the first woman to discover a comet. -
Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (née Byron; 10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852) was an English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. -
She sacrificed her life for science and for us. Thanks to her we can receive chemotherapy, and that is also why she is one of the most important women. -
She denounced the excessive use of pesticides. Her play "Silent Spring" in 1962 popularized ecological awareness in the mass movement. -
She designed many experiments that have led to great advances in nuclear physics. She invented the experiment that proved an important property of the weak nuclear force. Responsible for natural phenomena such as radioactive decay. -
She was a Spanish biochemist with a degree in chemical sciences. Among the achievements of her career, Salas has the discovery of the DNA polymerase of the phi29 bacteriophage virus, which has a crucial application in biotechnology: It allows DNA to be amplified in a simple, fast and reliable way. For this reason , it is used in forensics, medicine, oncology and archeology among other areas. -
Her discoveries help us today to understand the aging process and also in the search for new therapies for cancer.
Elizabeth Blackburn received the L'Oréal-UNESCO Prize for Women in Science in 2008 and the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2009 for her research on the behavior of telomeres in various organisms.
She works as a professor of biology and physiology at the University of California. She has written numerous essays related to women defending that every woman has the right to choose a career -
She is of Spanish nationality, specifically from Salamanca. She was a graduate in doctorate, medicine and a researcher of the department of cellular and molecular medicine of the center for biological research.
She is researcher recognized for studying and working in molecular biology development and pathophysiology of the
nervous system, studying the regulation of insulin expressions, of the family of proteins and receptors and their actions.