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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 17m

I was delighted to hear @laurenlaverne.bsky.social celebrating #ALD25 early on BBC 6 Music. She picked 6 women who've embraced digital technology in their music, incl Imogen Heap, Laurie Anderson, Ela Minus & Marie Davidson. Listen from 37m20s, for the next 28 days:
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Lauren Laverne - Lively anthems and unexpected gems for your midweek morning - BBC Sounds

Lauren gets your Wednesday going with the most magnificent music.

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 1h

Tsai-Fan Yu was a renowned Chinese-American medical doctor whose pioneering research helped make gout a curable disease, linked gout to hypertension and diabetes, and established one of the first systematised lab tests for diagnosing rheumatoid arthritis. adalovelaceday.subst...

Prof Tsai-Fan Yu, Physician and Researcher

Tsai-Fan Yu was a renowned Chinese-American medical doctor whose pioneering research helped make gout a curable disease.

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 7h

UK, London: Unfolding Futures: Power of Visibility in STEAM. Join Stemettes in celebrating Ada Lovelace Day with the launch of our latest trifold report, showcasing the power and influence of STEAM. 16 Oct, 6-7:30pm, free #ALD25 findingada.com/event...

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 10h

Lina Stern, a biochemist and neurophysiologist, was one of the first researchers to identify what is now known as the blood-brain barrier, and conducted pioneering research on the central nervous system. adalovelaceday.subst...

Prof Lina Stern, Neurophysiologist and Biochemist

A world-renowned scientist during her lifetime, Lina Stern was one of the first researchers to identify what is now known as the blood-brain barrier.

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 22h

Colombia, Antioquia: Ada Lovelace y mujeres en ciencias. Divulgando y aprendiendo sobre diferentes mujeres en ciencias a partir de Ada Lovelace. Exposiciones de los astromatemáticos. 10 Oct, 10am-12pm, free. findingada.com/event...

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 23h

Aotearoa NZ, Auckland: STEM Happy Hour Auckland. Dive into food science, explore technology, uncover engineering, and marvel at creative mathematics with some remarkable women in STEM. With video guest, Suw Charman-Anderson.

14 Oct, 5.30-7pm, free #ALD25 findingada.com/event...

Text says: Free Tickets. STEM WAna x Mr Murdoch's presents: Ada Lovelace Day STEM Happy Hour. Tuesday 14th October 2015, Auckland, 5:30pm - 7:30pm. Mr Murdoch's, Level 1, 16 Fort Street, Auckland.

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 23h

Lin Lanying was an engineer and physicist who developed semiconductor and aerospace materials, particularly monocrystalline silicon, a key semiconductor used as a component in virtually all modern electronic equipment.
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Dr Lin Lanying, Materials Engineer

Dr Lin Lanying was an engineer and physicist who contributed to the development of semiconductor and aerospace materials, particularly silicon.

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 1d

Michiyo Tsujimura was an agricultural scientist, biochemist and the first woman to earn a doctoral degree in agriculture in Japan. She discovered that green tea contains vitamin C and is credited with helping to popularise the drink internationally. adalovelaceday.subst...

Prof Michiyo Tsujimura, Agricultural Scientist and Biochemist

Prof Michiyo Tsujimura was an agricultural scientist, biochemist and educator, and the first woman to earn a doctoral degree in agriculture in Japan.

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 1d

Helen Quinn, a particle physicist and educator, co-developed a theory to explain why the symmetry between matter and antimatter breaks in weak interactions, which drive nuclear decay, but not in strong interactions, which hold matter together.
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Prof Helen Quinn, Particle Physicist and Science Educator

Prof Helen Quinn is professor emerita of particle physics and astrophysics at Stanford University and has made momentous contributions to theoretical physics.

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 1d

Australia, Clayton: Ada LoveLace Day @ Monash University. Hear from top voices in AI research and industry as they unpack how emerging technologies are reshaping women’s roles in the workplace. 14 Oct, 11am-12:30pm, free #ALD25 findingada.com/event...

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 1d

Canada, Ottawa: Ada Lovelace Day Celebration 2025 at Nokia Canada. Enjoy an inspiring talk on Women Pioneers in Computing by Anne Lee (CTO, AI Research Lab, Nokia Bell Labs Solutions Research) and a biographical video on Ada Lovelace. 14 Oct, 1-2pm, free.
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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 2d

UK, Aberystwyth: Women in tech social/quiz. An informal ALD get together, including quiz, organised by computer science at Aberystwyth University. 14 Oct, 5-6:30pm, free #ALD25 findingada.com/event...

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 2d

Susan Krumdieck is a mechanical and energy systems engineer. She co-founded the transition engineering movement, which develops innovative methods and technologies to help the world adapt to rapidly reduced fossil fuel production and consumption.
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Prof Susan Krumdieck, Mechanical and energy systems engineer

Susan Pran Krumdieck is a mechanical and energy systems engineer, academic and international expert in energy transition research.

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 2d

Are you organising an event to celebrate #ALD25? Add it to our list: findingada.com/world... If you want to edit later, register or log in: findingada.com/wp-lo... Join people around the world in paying tribute to all the amazing women in STEM!

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 2d

Leone Norwood Farrell invented the Toronto Method for large-scale vaccine production, making childhood immunisation programmes more affordable and facilitating the mass production of Jonas Salk's polio vaccine in the 1950s.
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Dr Leone Norwood Farrell, Biochemist & microbiologist

Leone Norwood Farrell was a Canadian biochemist and microbiologist whose inventions enabled the large-scale production of the polio vaccine in the 1950s.

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 3d

As one of NASA’s first African-American employees, Annie Easley helped develop software for the Centaur rocket stage, which enabled several landmark spaceflights in the later 20th century. She also helped develop early battery powered vehicles.
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Annie Easley, Computer scientist, mathematician and rocket scientist

As one of NASA’s first African-American employees, Annie Easley helped develop software for the Centaur rocket stage, which enabled several landmark spaceflights in the later 20th century.

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 3d

UK, London: Westminster Hall Debate: Ada Lovelace Day and support for women in STEM. Join Lizzi Collinge MP and other parliamentarians in Westminster Hall for a series of speeches about Ada Lovelace and women in STEM. 16 Oct, 3-4:30pm, free #ALD25 findingada.com/event...

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 3d

UK, Online: Skills for the future. Suw Charman-Anderson, Kate Whyles and Sue Stack talk about the importance of continuous learning in STEM subjects, the need to adapt to career changes and the essential role human perspectives play in STEM. 14 Oct, free #ALD25 findingada.com/event...

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 3d

Idelisa Bonnelly de Calventi was a marine biologist who pioneered the study of marine sciences in the Dominican Republic. She dedicated her career to protecting ocean biodiversity and created one of the first sanctuaries for humpback whales.
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Prof Idelisa Bonnelly de Calventi, Marine biologist

Idelisa Bonnelly de Calventi was a marine biologist who pioneered the study of marine sciences in the Dominican Republic and created one of the first sanctuaries for humpback whales.

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 4d

UK, Online: Meet today’s Tech Heroes! (KS2/7-11). Meet three incredible female role models working in tech and find out what they do day-to-day, what skills they use and how they use computing to improve our lives! 14 Oct, 9-9:45am free #ALD25 findingada.com/event...

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 5d

There’s no ALD Live in London this year, but you can still organise your own! Over the years we’ve had all sorts of events, from cream teas to Wikipedia edit-a-thons to maker days, so it’s time to get imaginative. Let us know: findingada.com/world... #ALD25 Tues 14 Oct

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 5d

Valeria Correa Vaz de Paiva is a Brazilian mathematician, logician, computer scientist and computational linguist who introduced new ways to model linear logic in advanced programming languages. adalovelaceday.subst...

Dr Valeria de Paiva, Mathematician and computer scientist

Valeria Correa Vaz de Paiva is a Brazilian mathematician, logician, computer scientist and computational linguist.

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 5d

Isabella Aiona Abbott was the first Native Hawaiian woman to receive a PhD in science and a leading expert on Pacific marine algae. She discovered over 200 seaweed species and her work is still influential today. adalovelaceday.subst...

Prof Isabella Aiona Abbott, Phycologist and ethnobotanist

Isabella Aiona Abbott was the first Native Hawaiian woman to receive a PhD in science and a leading expert on Pacific marine algae.

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 5d

Celebrate #ALD25, 14 Oct, this year by organising your own event to support women in STEM. You can do anything – a talk, a networking event, a panel discussion, yarn bombing, cream teas, Wikipedia edit-a-thon. The options are endless! Let us know what you do: findingada.com/world...

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 5d

Argentina, Buenos Aires: The Latin American STEM Workshops for Girls and Adolescents, will feature activities designed to stimulate creativity, problem-solving, and learning in a dynamic and collaborative environment. 4 Oct #ALD25 findingada.com/event...

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