Pride Month 2024

Happy Pride Month, friends.  Here are some LGBTQ+ folks who are doing great work in science right now.

John Pham is a molecular biologist.  He is the editor-in-chief of the well-respected science journal Cell.  He has been recognized for the major role he has played in making the journal more inclusive.

Joan Roughgarden is an ecologist and evolutionary biologist.  She is considered to be the most notable trans scientist in American history.  She has engaged in theory and observation of the Anolis lizards of the Carribean.

Jack Andraka created an early testing system for pancreatic cancer when he was just 15 years old.  His sensor system, similar to diabetic test strips, won the Gordon E. Moore award in 2012.

Biologist Rochelle Diamond is the Director of the California Institute of Technology’s Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting Shared Resource Laboratory.  She has been an activist for LGBTQ+ rights since being forced out of a professional role due to extremely homophobic behavior from a lab colleague.

Gregg Gonsalves is a global health activist and epidimiologist.  He is best known for his work on AIDS and HIV research.

Jeanne Marazzo is an physician-scientist and infectious disease specialist.  She is the sixth director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious disease.  She is considered to be an expert in HIV prevention.

Jay Keasling is a professor of chemical engineering and bioengineering.  He is considered one of the foremost authorities in synthetic biology.