Women in STEM
She is the only woman to have received, by herself (unshared), a Nobel Prize for Medicine.
Who is Barbara McClintock?
This country is home to the Large Hadron Collider, the world’s most powerful particle accelerator.
What is Switzerland?
The first vaccine was developed by Edward Jenner to prevent this disease.
What is Smallpox?
This Houston scientist co-discovered the role of cholesterol in heart disease.
Who is Dr. Michael DeBakey?
You’re taller in the morning than at night because of this part of your body compressing.
What are spine/discs?
She was the first woman in the world to go to space.
Who is Valentina Tereshkova?
The Great Barrier Reef, studied by marine biologists worldwide, is located off the coast of this country.
What is Australia?
Marie Curie’s work led to this major invention used in cancer treatment.
What is radiation therapy?
This former president of MD Anderson was known for transforming the institution into one of the top cancer centers in the world.
Who is Dr. John Mendelsohn?
This cellular organelle was once its own free-living organism before becoming part of eukaryotic cells.
What is a mitochondrion?
After studying biology and starting her career in healthcare finance, Anne Wojcicki went on to become CEO of this leading personal genomics company.
What is 23andMe?
The first successful in-vitro fertilization (IVF) baby was born in 1978 in this country.
What is The United Kingdom?
This accidental discovery by Alexander Fleming changed modern medicine by helping fight bacterial infections.
What is penicillin?
This Nobel Prize-winning faculty member discovered how immune checkpoints like CTLA-4 can be targeted to fight cancer.
Who is Dr. James P. Allison?
Human DNA is about 60% identical to this common fruit.
What are bananas?
Founded by Reshma Saujani, this is the international non-profit organization aimed at bridging the gender gap in technology.
What is Girls Who Code?
This island nation is home to a telescope array where scientists first captured an image of a black hole in 2019.
What is Chile?
Katalin Karikó’s research helped pave the way for this type of vaccine technology used in COVID-19 vaccines.
What is mRNA?
This renowned geneticist is recognized for her studies of the p53 tumor suppressor pathway.
Who is Dr. Guillermina (Gigi) Lozano?
You technically shed this organ completely every 2–4 weeks.
What is skin?
She was the first African-American woman to earn a PhD in Chemistry and is known for pioneering studies of nuclear proteins and her work on the relationship between diet and heart disease.
Who is Marie Maynard Daly?
This country leads the world in geothermal energy research and production, using volcanic activity to generate power.
What is Iceland?
The first pacemaker was made using this common kitchen appliance to power the electrical pulses.
What is a microwave oven?
This current president of MD Anderson Cancer Center is a surgical oncologist and health care leader known for prioritizing innovation, patient-centered care, and institutional excellence.
Who is Dr. Peter Pisters?
This is the only cell in the human body without a nucleus.
What are red blood cells?