I’m writing this around the time of Barbara McClintock’s birthday, June 16, to celebrate her legacy of brilliant research.

I am writing to celebrate science on this June 16, the birthday of Barbara McClintock who was a botanist and evolutionary biologist who studied corn genetics. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY ...

Barbara McClintock (1902-1992), Department of Genetics, Carnegie Institution at Cold Spring Harbor, New York, shown in her laboratory. This photograph was distributed when McClintock received the ...

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For example, in the 1940s, Barbara McClintock, ... discovered chunks of DNA that could randomly move around the genome of corn. Over 30 ... specializing in plant genetics and evolution at ...

Changes made under the Trump administration are still affecting scientists’ ability to conduct research and secure consistent ...

They named their effort after Barbara McClintock, the late Cornell cytogeneticist who won a Nobel Prize, and planned it around her birthday, June 16. Her research on the genes in corn changed ...

Dr. Barbara McClintock works at the Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory on Long Island, N.Y., in 1947, where she has worked since 1941, a leader in genetics research.