Jewel Plummer Cobb discovered how skin cells produce melanin and how they become cancerous. She also discovered that methotrexate was an effective treatment for some skin and lung cancers and childhood leukaemia. adalovelaceday.substack.com/p/prof-jewel-p…

Here at Ada Lovelace Day, we believe that you can’t be an advocate for gender equality if you ask women to work for free. So we don’t. We'd like to pay our speakers more, but we need to find new sponsors in order to do so. Can you help?
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Marie Maynard Daly co-discovered the link between high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and the clogged arteries that can cause heart disease and strokes. She also investigated the damage that cigarettes have on the heart and lung circulatory systems. adalovelaceday.substack.com/p/prof-marie-m…

V Narry Kim is a biochemist and microbiologist who has developed new technology to reduce cancer cell proliferation by eliminating specific microRNAs. Her work may lead to new gene therapies. adalovelaceday.substack.com/p/prof-v-narry…

It’s never easy to put up prices, but after keeping the cost of sponsorship for Ada Lovelace Day Live stable for most of the last fifteen years, the time has come to bite the bullet. We explain why prices are going up and what our goals are for ALD.

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Janaki Ammal crossbred sugarcane species to create a hybrid with a higher sucrose yield that could flourish in India's tropical climate. She was instrumental in saving the botanically diverse Silent Valley in India. adalovelaceday.substack.com/p/prof-janaki-…

Firdausi Qadri is a Bangladeshi immunologist and infectious disease researcher. She developed an affordable oral cholera vaccine and the typhoid conjugate vaccine, and led mass vaccinations to prevent cholera outbreaks. adalovelaceday.substack.com/p/dr-firdausi-…

If you've ever wondered what we do here at Ada Lovelace Day, we've put together a quick and easy guide with everything you need to know about our yearly celebration of women in STEM, our goals, our impact and how you can get involved.

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How do you know if you’re ready to sponsor Ada Lovelace Day? We've had some amazing sponsors over the years & we’ve learnt a lot about when a company is ready to engage. Here's our checklist to help you understand if sponsorship is right for you.
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Hailan Hu studies the neurological mechanisms behind emotional & social experiences, & how they change the brain’s neural circuitry. She discovered how ketamine acts to reduce depression in rats, making way for new approaches to treating mental illness. adalovelaceday.substack.com/p/prof-hailan-…

Rukhmabai Raut was the second woman to become a practising physician in India. She studied at the Royal Free Hospital & London School of Medicine for Women, before returning to India to become the Chief Medical Officer at the Women's Hospital in Surat.
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Ada Lovelace Day gives sponsors an opportunity to actively engage with their staff and wider community. It's both easy and rewarding, and gives you a chance to demonstrate your commitment to gender equality. Find out how:
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Mary Eliza Mahoney was the first African American woman to become a licensed nurse and to work professionally as a nurse in the USA. She was one of only three to successfully graduate from her class of 42 women and the only African American to do so. adalovelaceday.substack.com/p/mary-eliza-m…

Maryna Viazovska, Марина Вязовська, is a mathematician known for her work in sphere packing, which explores how to pack spheres in the densest way possible in a given number of dimensions. In 2022, she became only the second woman to win the Fields Medal. adalovelaceday.substack.com/p/professor-ma…

Katalin Karikó co-discovered that modifications to mRNA could prevent an immune reaction, allowing it to be used to order cells to make any protein, & developed an mRNA purification technique. Her work laid the foundations for the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. adalovelaceday.substack.com/p/dr-katalin-k…

Here at Ada Lovelace Day, we believe that you can’t be an advocate for gender equality if you ask women to work for free. So we don’t. We'd like to pay our speakers more, but we need to find new sponsors in order to do so. Can you help?
findingada.com/blog/2024/02/1…

Claudia J Alexander was a Canadian-American geophysicist and planetary scientist who worked for the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory where she oversaw Galileo's plunge into Jupiter. Read and subscribe: adalovelaceday.substack.com/p/dr-claudia-j…

Bertha Yeawas “Birdie” Parker Pallan was the first female Native American archaeologist. She discovered, excavated & documented the pueblo site of Scorpion Hill. At Gypsum Cave, she discovered the then earliest record of human habitation in North America. adalovelaceday.substack.com/p/bertha-parke…

It’s never easy to put up prices, but after keeping the cost of sponsorship for Ada Lovelace Day Live stable for most of the last fifteen years, the time has come to bite the bullet. We explain why prices are going up and what our goals are for ALD.

findingada.com/blog/2024/02/1…

If you've ever wondered what we do here at Ada Lovelace Day, we've put together a quick and easy guide with everything you need to know about our yearly celebration of women in STEM, our goals, our impact and how you can get involved.

findingada.com/blog/2024/02/2…