35 min

Esther Lederberg Nobel Prize Losers

    • Science

This week we talk about the amazing Esther Lederberg whose work paved the way for genetic engineering as it exists today. Hear about her standing up to advisors that told her biochemistry was too hard for women and how she went on to be half of a science power team that fundamentally changed our understanding of viruses.

This week we talk about the amazing Esther Lederberg whose work paved the way for genetic engineering as it exists today. Hear about her standing up to advisors that told her biochemistry was too hard for women and how she went on to be half of a science power team that fundamentally changed our understanding of viruses.

35 min

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