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Black pitch illuminated: The legacy of professor Jean H. Langenheim
1Pharmaceutical Sciences Postgraduate Program, Faculty of Pharmacy, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Abstract:
To mark the 10th anniversary of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on 11th February 2025, FEBS Letters opened a writing contest on the topic of female role models in science. We invited entrants not only to reflect on the careers of prominent academics but also to share stories about the supervisors, colleagues, and other women who have inspired their own research journeys. Here, we present the winning essay, in which Rayane da Cruz Albino (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) discusses inspiration from a source we had not anticipated: an influential textbook, whose author, plant ecologist and field researcher Jean H. Langenheim, laid the groundwork for Albino's own budding career in ethnopharmacology.
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