On this day in 2003: Marthe Vogt died, leading neuroscientist who showed importance of amines in brain paving way to new anti-depressants #WomenInBiotech

On this day in 1903: Marthe Vogt born leading neuroscientist who showed importance of amines in brain paving way to new anti-depressants #WomenInBiotech

On this day in 1857: Ida Hyde born, invented 1st micro-electrode powerful enough to record electrical activity within the cell #WomenInBiotech

On this day in 1992: Barbara McClintock died, won 1938 #NobelPrize for showing how chromosomes change #ThisDayInBiotech #WomenInBiotech

On this day in 1875: Katherine McCormick born, biologist & suffragist who helped pioneer the first oral contraceptive pill #WomenInBiotech

On this day in 1991: Florence B Seibert died, invented 1st reliable TB skin test #WomenInBiotech

On this day in 1945: Ida Hyde died, invented 1st micro-electrode powerful enough to record electrical activity within the cell #WomenInBiotech

On this day in 1980: Elizabeth Stern died, transformed diagnosis & cervical cancer treatment #ThisDayInBiotech #WomenInBiotech

On this day in 1896: Gerty Cori born, won 1947 #NobelPrize for discovering how body metabolises glycogen #ThisDayInBiotech #WomenInBiotech

On this day in 1974: Virginia Apgar died, introduced the Apgar Score test for assessing health of newborn babies #WomenInBiotech

On this day in 1947: Francoise Barré-Sinoussi was born. She won the 2008 #NobelPrize for identifying HIV #ThisDayInBiotech #WomenInBiotech

On this day in 1994: Dorothy C Hodgkin died. She pioneered protein and x-ray crystallography #WomenInBiotech #NobelPrize, #ThisDayInBiotech

On this day in 1920: Rosalind E Franklin was born. She produced photo 51 the first image of DNA double-helix #WomenInBiotech #ThisDayInBiotech

On this day in 1892: Alice A Ball born, developed first effective treatment for leprosy #WomenInBiotech

On this day in 1861: Nettie Stevens was born. She showed chromosomes help determine the sex of certain species #ThisDayInBiotech #WomenInBiotech

On this day in 1934: Marie Curie died, won 1903 and 1911 #NobelPrize, 1st to use radioisotopes to treat cancer #WomenInBiotech #ThisDayInBiotech

On this day in 1970: Padmanee Sharma born, cancer immunotherapy pioneer #WomenInBiotech http://whatisbiotechnology.org/index.php/people/summary/Sharma

On this day in 1968: Hattie Alexander died, developed 1st effective treatment against Hib & 1st to identify antibiotics resistance #WomenInBiotech #ThisDay

On this day in 1902: Barbara McClintock born, won 1938 #NobelPrize for showing how chromosomes change #ThisDayInBiotech #WomenInBiotech

On this day in 1909: Virginia Apgar born, introduced the Apgar Score test for assessing health of newborn babies #WomenInBiotech