Dame Anne McLaren FRS was an embryologist and developmental biologist who laid the foundations for human IVF (in vitro fertilization) technologies. #AdaLovelaceDay artsandculture.google.com/story/JwWB6b...

Rosalind Franklin was a chemist & X-ray crystallographer whose work on X-ray diffraction images of DNA helped lead to the discovery of its structure, but her efforts were only recognised posthumously. #AdaLovelaceDay bit.ly/2Hl8bkA

Under the theme 'Data for Positive Change', Prof Sheil highlighted the Academy's two-decade partnership with the global data community through CODATA & the World Data System, emphasising data science as essential to tackling pressing challenges from digital transformation to geopolitical tensions –

“The work of Professor Robson and his colleagues was 46 years in the making. Yet their fundamental research has enormous applications, from harvesting water from the air to drug delivery and even carbon dioxide removal from the atmosphere”, said Prof Chennupati Jagadish AC, President of the Academy.