Women Nobel Laureates - Should we be Surprised? (Appreciation Session)

GenWise Appreciation Session: 1 Session Only

Ages 13+ (incl Adults)

Why is it that even in the 21st century, we see headlines such as 'woman scientist', 'woman banker', women leaders? Are you surprised that there are several women among Nobel Prize winners this year? Does gender have anything to do with the nature of people's accomplishments? Join us as we look to science to help us find ways to understand and address some of these questions.

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The Nobel Prize

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna “for the development of a method for genome editing”. Since Charpentier and Doudna discovered the CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors in 2012 their use has exploded. The genetic scissors have taken the life sciences into a new epoch and, in many ways, are bringing the greatest benefit to humankind.