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This Black History Month we want to celebrate Black scientists: Charlotte Armah was born in London to parents who emigrated from Ghana. She is a Nutritional Biochemist at the Institute of Food Research. Her particular area of research looks at the effect of diet on human health.

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Charlotte Armah~Her current focus is researching the effect a particular type of broccoli can have on our cardiovascular health. She has been very successful in science, presenting her work all over the world, without feeling that science has ever been an obsession. 2/3 #BHM

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Charlotte Armah~Rather than playing with chemistry sets as a child, she preferred to sing along to the Radio 1 pop music charts. Charlotte Armah on moving into a council flat in the 1970s: 3/3 #BHM bl.uk/collection-ite…

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This Black History Month we want to celebrate Black scientists: Charlotte Armah ~ watch interview here: stem.org.uk/resources/elib… #BHM

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Black History month event at UCL: Race equity perspectives: research and working culture in higher education Register eventbrite.co.uk/e/race-equity-…

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This Black History Month we want to celebrate Black scientists: Bianca Jones Marlin is a neuroscientist at Columbia University’s Zuckerman Institute. 1/2 watch interview. #BHM sciencefriday.com/articles/bianc…

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Cont: Bianca Jones Marlin, Her work has investigated transgenerational epigenetic inheritance, or how trauma in parents affects the brain structure and sensory experience of their future offspring. 2/2 SciFri movie on Bianca and her research #BHM #BHM2021 sciencefriday.com/videos/breakth…

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Free Event: Professor Beverly Tatum: Let's have a transatlantic talk about Race ~ 22nd Nov 2021 at 19:00. ucl.ac.uk/culture/whats-…

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This Black History Month we want to celebrate Black scientists. Edward Smith is a professor of animal and poultry sciences at Virginia Tech. Smith also leads Virginia Tech’s Comparative Genomics Lab, which focuses on activities involving both aspects of comparative genomics. 1/4

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Cont: Edward Smith, building genomic information on little-understood avian species using information from more widely studied organisms and using information on model species to understand a biological phenomenon in humans. 2/4

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Cont: Edward Smith, He was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is the recipient of the 2021 Genetics Society of America Elizabeth W. Jones Award for Excellence in Education. 3/4

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Cont: Edward Smith ~ In recognition of his highly successful mentoring programs at Virginia Tech. Ed Smith will present a CDB lecture in 2022! 4/4 #ucl #BHM #BHM2021 genestogenomes.org/2021-jones-awa…

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The work was part of a group of four bronze plaques showing episodes from the history of the Mather family, which were donated to the Art Institute of Chicago in 1926. 2/2 #bhm the-scientist.com/foundations/in…

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This Black History Month we want to celebrate Black scientists: Alice Augusta Ball (1892-1916) was an African American chemist who developed an injectable oil extract that was the most effective treatment for leprosy until the 1940s. 1/2 #BHM massivesci.com/articles/alice…

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Cont: Alice Augusta Ball (1892-1916)~ She was the first woman and first African American to receive a master's degree from the University of Hawaii, she was also the first female chemistry professor at the university. 2/2 #BHM #BHM2021 massivesci.com/articles/meet-…

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This Black History Month we want to celebrate Black scientists. Charles Henry Turner (1867-1923) was an African American scientist who despite widespread racism and discrimination, made immense research contributions to animal behaviour and entomology. 1/2 #BHM

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Charles Henry Turner He was the first to demonstrate Pavlovian conditioning in an insect. He published 71 papers, including 3 in Science, and made important contributions that anticipated the field of experimental psychology to various extents. 2/2 annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/an…

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UCL Excellence Fellowship Programme 2022: Excellence Fellowships are now advertised to increase diversity in GEE. #UCL #Diversity #Job #careersinHE careersinhe.com/job/ucl-london…

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Call for interest for B-MEntor cross-institutional mentoring schemes for staff from BAME backgrounds. ucl.ac.uk/news/2021/nov/…