Ruth Hubbard

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Ruth Hubbard

Ruth Shagoury Hubbard (born March 3, 1924 in Vienna , † September 1, 2016 in Cambridge , Massachusetts ) was an Austrian- American biochemist . She was the first full professor in science at Harvard University .

life and work

Hubbard and her family emigrated to the United States in 1938, where they attended Brookline High School in Brookline , Massachusetts . In 1942 she married Frank Hubbard, from whom she divorced in 1951. She studied biochemistry at Radcliffe College , Cambridge with a bachelor's degree in 1944. In 1948 she studied at University College Hospital Medical School in London with a US Public Health Service predoctoral fellowship and received her PhD in biology from Radcliffe College in 1950 . She then did research at Harvard University and received a Guggenheim scholarship in 1952 at the Carlsberg Research Center in Copenhagen . She returned to Harvard University in 1954 as a research assistant and lecturer, where she became professor in 1974 and visiting professor in 1972 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . In 1958 she married George Wald , with whom she had already worked as a research assistant at Harvard on research into the biochemistry of retinal and retinol . Her research with Wald made many important contributions to the understanding of the biochemistry and photochemistry of vision in vertebrates and invertebrates, for which he won the Paul Karrer Medal in 1967 . She was a member of the American Society of Biologic Chemistry and published at least 31 scientific papers on the process of vision . Since the 1960s she has been involved in social and political issues and has become known as a critic of sociobiology . She has written several books and articles for both professional and popular journals on the subject. In 1973, Hubbard was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

Publications (selection)

  • 1952: Hubbard, R., Wald, G .: Cis-trans Isomers of Vitamin A and Retinene in the Rhodopsin System , The Journal of General Physiology, Vol 36, 269-31
  • 1953: Hubbard, R., Gregerman, R., Wald, G .: Geometrical Isomers of Retinene , The Journal of General Physiology, Vol 36, 415-429
  • 1958: Hubbard, R., St. George, R .: The Rhodopsin System of the Squid , The Journal of General Physiology 1958 January 20; 41 (3): 501-528.
  • 1958: Hubbard, R., Kropf, A .: The Action of Light on Rhodopsin , Proceedings National Academy of Sciences US A. 1958 February; 44 (2): 130-139
  • 1965: Hubbard, R., Deric Bownds, D., Yoshizawa, T .: The Chemistry of Visual Photoreception , Cold Spring Harbor Symposium on Quantitative Biology 1965. 30: 301-315
  • 1988: Hubbard, R .: Science, Facts and Feminism , Hypatia, v. 3, no.1
  • 1996: Hubbard, R., Lewontin, R .: Pitfalls of Genetic Testing , New England Journal of Medicine, Volume 334: 1192-1194, Number 18
  • 2006: Hubbard, R .: Race & Genes, in Is Race Real ?, a web forum sponsored by the Social Science Research Council

Books (selection)

  • Ruth Hubbard: The Politics of Women's Biology , Rutgers University Press, 1990, ISBN 978-0-8135-1490-1
  • Ruth Hubbard and Elijah Wald: Exploding the Gene Myth: How Genetic Information Is Produced and Manipulated by Scientists , Physicians, Employers, Insurance Companies, Educators, and Law Enforcers, Beacon Press, 1993, ISBN 978-0-8070-0431-9
  • Ruth Hubbard: Profitable Promises: Essays on Women, Science & Health , Common Courage Press, 1995, ISBN 978-1-56751-041-6
  • Ruth Hubbard, Margaret Randall: The Shape of Red: Insider / Outsider Reflections by Ruth Hubbard , 1989, ISBN 9780939416189
  • Ruth Hubbard: Women Look at Biology Looking at Women , 1979, ISBN 978-0870739460
  • Ruth Hubbard: Biological Woman - The Convenient Myth: A Collection of Feminist Essays and a Comprehensive Bibliography , 1982, ISBN 978-0870737022

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paul Karrer Lecture, List of Prize Winners. In: chem.uzh.ch. Institute for Chemistry, University of Zurich, accessed on July 21, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter H. (PDF; 1.2 MB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved July 20, 2019 .

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personal data
SURNAME Hubbard, Ruth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Shagoury Hubbard, Ruth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American biochemist of Austrian origin
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH September 1, 2016
Place of death Cambridge , Massachusetts