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Lasker awardee Elizabeth Neufeld:
'I really didn’t appreciate the problem of being a woman in the lab, that there was a difference. But after I worked for a year with Kaplan and Colowick, I asked Kaplan if I could do my PhD with him, and he seemed quite interested. But the next day he came hopping from one foot to the other saying “Well, you know it’s not so good for women; they’re not interested in science.” That’s when I realized that there was a problem there.'
https://laskerfoundation.org/neufelds-advice-to-young-scientists-be-the-best-you-can-be/
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Liz was the chair of my Biological Chemistry at UCLA when I was a postdoc there. She was still doing amazing research even with the pressures of being Chair. She was also just such a kind and calm person. I feel extremely honored to have interacted with her so extensively.