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This month, in honor of Black History Month, we wanted to highlight 17 Black chemists you might have missed in class:
Winifred Burks-Houck was an environmental organic chemist and the first woman president of @NOBCChE. During her work at @Livermore_Lab she minimized threats to worker safety and limited the lab’s environmental impact. Learn more about her at ow.ly/UEyh50DnQEo #BlackInSTEM 
Charles Drew, better known as the father of the blood bank, found that blood could be preserved longer once the plasma and the red blood cells were separated. A well-timed finding, since WWII was breaking out in Europe. Read more about Drew at ow.ly/CB5e50DnQOL #BlackInSTEM
Here's a thread highlighting all of the amazing women featured in these #IWD2021 #WomenInChemistry cards. I'll continue to add to this thread as I add to the series over the coming weeks and months! 🧵⬇️
#1: Laura Wysocki (@LauraWyz) works with undergraduate students to make fluorescent dyes that can be used as sensors or enzyme substrates #WomenInChemistry
@LauraWyz #2: Jessica Picone (@Jess_Ica_KP) teaches basic and advanced chemistry, including forensics, to high school students #WomenInChemistry
This month, in honor of Black History Month, we wanted to highlight 17 Black chemists you might have missed in class:
Winifred Burks-Houck was an environmental organic chemist and the first woman president of @NOBCChE. During her work at @Livermore_Lab she minimized threats to worker safety and limited the lab’s environmental impact. Learn more about her at ow.ly/UEyh50DnQEo #BlackInSTEM
Charles Drew, better known as the father of the blood bank, found that blood could be preserved longer once the plasma and the red blood cells were separated. A well-timed finding, since WWII was breaking out in Europe. Read more about Drew at ow.ly/CB5e50DnQOL #BlackInChem
#BlackInChem Day 2: Although I am an analytical chemist at heart, over the years, I've drifted so much into biology that I am now building a career as a malariologist😅.
For #BlackInBiological, let me tell you about PfcPRS, the protein that was at the center of my PhD research.
For #BlackInBiological, let me tell you about PfcPRS, the protein that was at the center of my PhD research.
The image above is a representation of the structure of the human version of the protein (this will be important later 😀). It was solved by the Schimmel group at @scrippsresearch using X-ray diffraction (analytical chem, FTW!). nature.com/articles/natur… (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…)
So what is PfcPRS? It is the (c)ytoplasmic (p)rolyl t(R)NA (s)ynthetase in (P)lasmodium (f)alciparum, the deadliest malaria parasite.
It catalyzes the formation of proline building blocks for protein synthesis.
It catalyzes the formation of proline building blocks for protein synthesis.
Here it is: the first mass spectrum that I ever collected, which captivated my young mind and never let go. In the almost decade and a half since, I have dallied with other techniques, but I always return to my first love. #BlackInChem #BlackInAnalytical
this is from my undergraduate research in David Lynn's lab at @EmoryUniversity where I tested methods to achieve the linear polymerization of simple rings under mild conditions. #BlackInChem #BlackInAnalytical
this project was funded by the now-defunct @HHMINEWS XROP Fellowship, which enabled me to stay in science at a very critical time in my life. i will always be grateful for that support #BlackInChem #BlackInAnalytical
#BlackinChem Thread!!
Here's how this came to be.
You may have noticed several #blackandSTEM campaigns on Twitter this summer, like #BlackBirdersWeek #BlackHikersWeek @BlackInNeuro and @That_Astro_Chic 's #BlackinAstro . #BlackinChem is no different
Here's how this came to be.
You may have noticed several #blackandSTEM campaigns on Twitter this summer, like #BlackBirdersWeek #BlackHikersWeek @BlackInNeuro and @That_Astro_Chic 's #BlackinAstro . #BlackinChem is no different
I saw #BlackinAstro going viral and tweeted that I would love to curate #BlackinChem (with some help) and that's when @That_Astro_Chic and I connected and got to WORK! She introduced me to @onlyayanna_ and along the way came @NatRodLopes1 @kathinated @hi_d_nq and @blackinthelab
We all got together and started dumping a LOT of ideas in our group message and eventually settled on curating a week where each day focuses on a particular subdivision of chemistry.
