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THE EMBRYO PROJECT ENCYCLOPEDIA

Recording and contextualizing the science of embryos, development, and reproduction

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Mary Putnam Jacobi (1842–1906)

Jul 02, 2026

Mary Putnam Jacobi was a physician and researcher in the United States whose work advanced the understanding of women’s health in the late nineteenth…

Women physicians Menstruation Vivisection

Kary Banks Mullis (1944–2019)

Jul 02, 2026

Kary Banks Mullis studied the chemical processes within living organisms, known as biochemistry, during the late twentieth century in the US. He…

Polymerase chain reaction Gene Amplification Taq Polymerase

Paul Bowman Popenoe (1888–1979)

Jun 12, 2026

Paul Bowman Popenoe was a researcher, writer, and social advocate who studied breeding in the United States during the twentieth century, first in…

Eugenics Reproductive Sterilization Forced Sterilization

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The Embryo Project is supported by the National Science Foundation, Arizona State University, Center for Biology and Society, the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin, and the MBL WHOI Library.