#stem women

[whatwouldmariecurieactuallydo]

In honour of all our Nobel Laureates!

Stories behind the female Nobel laureates coming soon!

Keep going <3

[feefal]

Eukaryotic cell gang!! We love women in STEM.

The organelles of the cells have been translated into human anatomy, so the nucleus is the brain, the vacuole function as the lungs, and the mitochondria is the heart since it’s the… you already know, I don’t have to say it ;)

[yourfavoritehouseplant]

"Culinary students will literally have a spaghetti due at 8" "Art students will literally turn in some shapes at the end of the week" Well I have 40 insects due next month. If you even care.

[nasa]

Nora AlMatrooshi

Nora AlMatrooshi, the first Emirati woman astronaut, worked as a piping engineer before becoming an astronaut candidate for the United Arab Emirates. https://mbrsc.ae/team/nora/

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[inkcurlsandknives]

I'm doing it gang, I've spent stupider gardening money before like when I dropped $300 on shade loving perennial bulbs only to learn they were also plants that rotted with wet feet and all immediately died in my swampy gumbo soil

I'm buying two firefly petunias. I've never grown petunias much because where I live they're a winter annual but fuck it I'll grow them as an indoor plant I certainly have the sun to do it.

They're supposed to ship to me in April, I'll report back on if they immidiately die or this is the coolest thing I own. My biochemical engineering design project was using a similar chemical pathway to modify bacteria to glow in the presence of specific toxins so I absolutely need glowing petunias in my window box

[evergreen-pumpkin]

A snapshot of one morning, on a relaxed day with mild weather. Now imagine this when it's crowded or when it's raining or snowing.

Video description: POV from the lap of a wheelchair user. Very shaky. OP is going downhill on a fall day. Lots of trees and fallen leaves around. There are construction trucks to the left in the very beginning. Every now and then, you can see a German Shepherd on the left. Second obstacle shows a food robot crossing the sidewalk to drive in front of OP, but it stops suddenly and OP crashes into it. OP continues down the hill until she reaches another food robot, which is obstacle 3. This robot sits in the middle of the sidewalk while OP navigates around it. Then OP comes to a concrete ramp with iron railings, which is obstacle 3.5. It is very steep. After the ramp, OP goes to cross the street, where a black SUV blows through the crosswalk. Obstacle 4 is a ramp with red brick. OP struggles to move up and pauses at one point before continuing again to obstacle 5, where there is a big concrete building and manual doors. The German Shepherd service dog goes up to push the accessibility button multiple times to no avail. A student comes and opens the door, OP enters through two sets of doors into a hallway. Clip change to obstacle 6, OP is wheeling down a hallway and approaches a white elevator with out of order signs.

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[amneok]

Women's History Month is not about putting men down. Instead, it's about celebrating the achievements and contributions of women throughout history and recognizing the barriers and challenges they have faced. It's an opportunity to acknowledge the achievements of women who have often been overlooked or marginalized in the past and to promote gender equality and inclusion. Women's History Month is not meant to be divisive or exclusionary. Rather, it's an opportunity to learn about and appreciate the diverse experiences and perspectives of women. By recognizing the accomplishments of women, we can gain a better understanding of their contributions to society and work towards a more equitable and just future. It's important to note that celebrating women's history doesn't mean that men's contributions or experiences are not valued or recognized. Instead, it's about acknowledging the unique experiences and contributions of women and creating space for their voices and stories to be heard. Ultimately, Women's History Month is about celebrating the diversity of human experience and promoting equality for all.

[theraininthestars]

January WRAP UP

Hello darlings, for this month I am doing a wrap up of the readings I made this month. I read 4 lovely books, and I'm very happy with my January readings, I haven't read a "bad taste" book until now.

First, we started with Love On The Brain by Ali Hazelwood. It's a pretty good romance book with good comedy. I believe that from here we can see that Hazelwood has a formula on how to approach a romance book. Can't say it is a bad thing, since the book entertains, however I did find it very weird the assistant side-story. I will leave it at a 4 stars book and wants to keep reading the author, until further notice. The song that I relate to this book is Paralyzed by Big Time Rush. I have my reasons for this choosing, good reasons? Maybe, but I have them.

Have you read the book? What do you think? Would you be reading books by Ali Hazelwood? And what books do you recommend with similar topics?

Next reading was My Secret Friend by Luisa Josefina Hernández. This was a great discovery, and I need someone to talk about this play with. I find this a very fun play to read, with very interesting characters. If I were to see this on scene, I would like it to be a little modernize, just on the dialogues, but the ending was great. 5 stars for me. The song that I relate to this book is Talk by Khalid. Talk is the song my boy, Sitting Bull, would be streaming 24/7.

Have you seen or read this play? Do you know Luisa Josefina Hernández? What plays do you recommend reading?

Third reading was a surprisingly good book. I am talking about Erebos by Ursula Poznanski, and I am stating right now is a 5 stars book. It's a Science Fiction book set in England about children? Teenagers? I honestly don't know their ages, but let's say they are teenagers, that get addicted to a video game. I don't want to say more, since how it unravels is well-written. Please if you find the sequel in english or spanish share it with me. I want more of this amazing world. The song I relate to this book is Belladona by Ava Max. The song tells everything you need to know about the plot.

Have you read this book? What's a book you thought you wouldn't like that you ended up loving? Do you know of a translation in english or spanish?

Finally, we end with Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake. This is a romance comedy book about a woman who hates everyone on her hometown, but a hot milf changes everything. I adore this book, how complex the characters are and how they acknowledge their internal conflict and how does that affect their lives. Amazing character construction. I am excited to read the sequel, and I have a lot of faith for this sage of sapphic romance books. The song I relate to this book is Boyfriend by Dove Cameron. The selection of this song is more because I want Claire, and I will serenade this song every day to her.

Have you read this book and adore it like me that now wants to find their own Claire? Or do you like it normally? What other sapphic books do you recommend?

This is the wrap up for this month. I can't say I will be reading this fast, but I will attempt to finish 40 books this year. Wish me luck!

[humanoidhistory]

Engineer Karen Leadlay in a General Dynamics computer lab, 1964.

[pebblesun]

can't report them to HR, it's pride month 🌈

[whatwouldmariecurieactuallydo]

A little weekend gift for you STEMMes <33

Keep going , you can do it <33

[stemgirlchic]

why neuroscience is cool

space & the brain are like the two final frontiers

we know just enough to know we know nothing

there are radically new theories all. the. time. and even just in my research assistant work i've been able to meet with, talk to, and work with the people making them

it's such a philosophical science

potential to do a lot of good in fighting neurological diseases

things like BCI (brain computer interface) and OI (organoid intelligence) are soooooo new and anyone's game - motivation to study hard and be successful so i can take back my field from elon musk

machine learning is going to rapidly increase neuroscience progress i promise you. we get so caught up in AI stealing jobs but yes please steal my job of manually analyzing fMRI scans please i would much prefer to work on the science PLUS computational simulations will soon >>> animal testing to make all drug testing safer and more ethical !! we love ethical AI <3

collab with...everyone under the sun - psychologists, philosophers, ethicists, physicists, molecular biologists, chemists, drug development, machine learning, traditional computing, business, history, education, literally try to name a field we don't work with

it's the brain eeeeee

[artzee534]

women in STEM!

[nasa]

LaRue Burbank, mathematician and computer, is just one of the many women who were instrumental to NASA missions.

4 Little Known Women Who Made Huge Contributions to NASA

Women have always played a significant role at NASA and its predecessor NACA, although for much of the agency’s history, they received neither the praise nor recognition that their contributions deserved. To celebrate Women’s History Month – and properly highlight some of the little-known women-led accomplishments of NASA’s early history – our archivists gathered the stories of four women whose work was critical to NASA’s success and paved the way for future generations.

LaRue Burbank: One of the Women Who Helped Land a Man on the Moon

LaRue Burbank was a trailblazing mathematician at NASA. Hired in 1954 at Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory (now NASA’s Langley Research Center), she, like many other young women at NACA, the predecessor to NASA, had a bachelor's degree in mathematics. But unlike most, she also had a physics degree. For the next four years, she worked as a "human computer," conducting complex data analyses for engineers using calculators, slide rules, and other instruments. After NASA's founding, she continued this vital work for Project Mercury.

In 1962, she transferred to the newly established Manned Spacecraft Center (now NASA’s Johnson Space Center) in Houston, becoming one of the few female professionals and managers there.  Her expertise in electronics engineering led her to develop critical display systems used by flight controllers in Mission Control to monitor spacecraft during missions. Her work on the Apollo missions was vital to achieving President Kennedy's goal of landing a man on the Moon.

Eilene Galloway: How NASA became… NASA

Eilene Galloway wasn't a NASA employee, but she played a huge role in its very creation. In 1957, after the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, Senator Richard Russell Jr. called on Galloway, an expert on the Atomic Energy Act, to write a report on the U.S. response to the space race. Initially, legislators aimed to essentially re-write the Atomic Energy Act to handle the U.S. space goals. However, Galloway argued that the existing military framework wouldn't suffice – a new agency was needed to oversee both military and civilian aspects of space exploration. This included not just defense, but also meteorology, communications, and international cooperation.

Her work on the National Aeronautics and Space Act ensured NASA had the power to accomplish all these goals, without limitations from the Department of Defense or restrictions on international agreements. Galloway is even to thank for the name "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", as initially NASA was to be called “National Aeronautics and Space Agency” which was deemed to not carry enough weight and status for the wide-ranging role that NASA was to fill.

Barbara Scott: The “Star Trek Nerd” Who Led Our Understanding of the Stars

A self-described "Star Trek nerd," Barbara Scott's passion for space wasn't steered toward engineering by her guidance counselor. But that didn't stop her!  Fueled by her love of math and computer science, she landed at Goddard Spaceflight Center in 1977.  One of the first women working on flight software, Barbara's coding skills became instrumental on missions like the International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) and the Thermal Canister Experiment on the Space Shuttle's STS-3.  For the final decade of her impressive career, Scott managed the flight software for the iconic Hubble Space Telescope, a testament to her dedication to space exploration.

Dr. Claire Parkinson: An Early Pioneer in Climate Science Whose Work is Still Saving Lives

Dr. Claire Parkinson's love of math blossomed into a passion for climate science. Inspired by the Moon landing, and the fight for civil rights, she pursued a graduate degree in climatology.  In 1978, her talents landed her at Goddard, where she continued her research on sea ice modeling. But Parkinson's impact goes beyond theory.  She began analyzing satellite data, leading to a groundbreaking discovery: a decline in Arctic sea ice coverage between 1973 and 1987. This critical finding caught the attention of Senator Al Gore, highlighting the urgency of climate change.

Parkinson's leadership extended beyond research.  As Project Scientist for the Aqua satellite, she championed making its data freely available. This real-time information has benefitted countless projects, from wildfire management to weather forecasting, even aiding in monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic. Parkinson's dedication to understanding sea ice patterns and the impact of climate change continues to be a valuable resource for our planet.

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[fiendy]

dog is god is... dog