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Henrietta Lacks and the immortal cells

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If you are working or studying within the bioscience field, you have probably at some time worked with the HeLa-cell line. Then you probably know that the name “HeLa” is an acronym for “Henrietta Lacks” as the cells origin from a woman with this name. But I am guessing that for most, that’s where the […]

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Illustration project for research project about anorexia nervosa (University of Copenhagen)

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In january 2026, I made this (hand-drawn) illustration about a research project about fecal transplantation as a part of the treatment for anorexia nervosa. The project is going to take place at the University of Copenhagen and The Capital Region of Copenhagen (Region Hovedstaden). This illustration is a second version – see the first version […]

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Hildegard von Bingen

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Women have always struggled to be allowed to take a part of science and intellectual work. One of those who fought for this – with succes – was Hildegard von Bingen, a medieval nun. She has been called one of the most influental women from the middle ages, which otherwise was a period where women […]

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An overseen physicist: Chien-Shiung Wu

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Chien-Shiung Wu has been called “The first lady of physics”, “The Chinese Marie Curie” and “The queen of nuclear physics”, but incredibly enough, she is to most rather unknown. She has contributed with crucial discoveries in nuclear- and quantum physics and also contributed to the Manhattan-project. But she is, like the physician Lise Meitner, written […]