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Women of the Nobel factory share their stories

From sequencing to stardom — alumnae of the Laboratory of Molecular Biology reflect on how they succeeded in science.
  1. Georgina Ferry

    1. Georgina Ferry is a science writer based in Oxford, UK. Her books include biographies of Max Perutz and Dorothy Hodgkin.

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Ahead of the Curve: Women scientists at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Kathleen Weston MRC LMB (2020)

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Nature 588, 392-393 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-03520-w

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  • Correction 18 December 2020: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that Daniela Rhodes’s husband was studying at Cambridge, and that Rhodes was one of the first tenured female group leaders at the LMB. The text has now been corrected.

  • Correction 23 December 2020: This article originally misstated Mariann Bienz’s job title in Zurich and subsequent salary cut. It also incorrectly said that all the interviewees were white and from well-educated and economically advantaged backgrounds. The text has been corrected.

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