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Image: Rosalind Franklin with microscope in 1955, from the personal collection of Jenifer Glynn, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology [Wikimedia Commons], and Rosalind Franklin’s B-Form of DNA (Image 51), 1953, [Alamy]

Women at the Frontiers of Biotech

Susan Pond outlines how biotechnology is being put to use for the good of humanity and the planet, and examines the role of women in this revolution from the time of Rosalind Franklin’s famous Photo 51 in 1952 through to today. Franklin’s work was fundamental to the celebrated revelation of the twisted ladder of the DNA double helix by Watson and Crick in 1953. This opened the floodgates to a revolution in biology and to Nobel Prizes being awarded to 13 women since 1964. Susan will also look forward to future applications and review some of the challenges involved in putting nature’s machinery to work.

Susan Pond AM, FTSE FAHMS FRSN

Susan Pond has a deep scientific and commercial background in biotechnology through her executive and non-executive roles during the last 20 years and current appointments. Susan has a first-class honours degree in Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Sydney and Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of New South Wales. She held professorial appointments at the University of California, San Francisco and the University of Queensland before joining industry. She was recognized as one of the Australian Financial Review and Westpac Top 100 Women of Influence in 2013 and is a Fellow of the Academy of Technology and Engineering, Academy of Health and Medical Sciences and the Royal Society of NSW.

About the Women and Science series

Presented by the Royal Society of NSW and the Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts, the Women and Science lecture series will examine the huge changes we have seen in the roles women have played in science, and the view science has held of women.

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Susan Pond — Women at the Frontiers of Biotech

Thursday, 17 October 2019, 6:00pm – 7:30pm

Venue: Tom Keneally Centre

Women and Science Lecture #6

Everyone Welcome

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Details and Cost

Venue

Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts
280 Pitt Street, Sydney

Date

Thursday, 17 October 2019

Time

6.00pm – Registration/Drinks
6:30-7:30pm – Talk
Light refreshments will be served before the lecture

Cost

$15 – SMSA Members
$15 – Royal Society Members and Fellows
$20 – Guests and General Entry

SMSA (Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts)