User:Mmarrieta/sandbox

= Odette L. Shotwell (October 27, 1921 - August 25, 2005) = Chemist. Her discovery in 1957 of the antibiotic duramycin is used to fight diseases in crops such as wheat and beans. "Created two new antibiotics - duramycin (and azacolutin." (plagiarism).

She held many notable positions on science and food safety committees including the position of President of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC).

Biography
Born in Colorado.

Her father, Robert Shotwell (born December 15, 1894) had some analgous career choices as his daughter. Both scientists worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture; He as an entomologist while she deeply researched biological methods of combating the Japanese Beetle.

1990 she was retired from Agricultural Research

Was a member of theChi Omega sorority.

Since 1948 and into the late 1960's she worked in Peoria, Illinois at the Northern Utilization Research Laboratory, Development Division

She was an NAACP Peoria, Il chapter chair holder on the education committee from which she lead a 40-volunteer initiative to tutor underserved children.

She was elected to the Presidency of her local chapter of League of Women Voters.

Polio. She contracted polio in her childhood with constricted her to a wheel chair and was said to have "severe and often painful paralysis"

National League of Women Voters.

Death By...

Education
In 1944 she graduated near the top of her class with a Baccalaureate in Science degree from Montana State College. Both her Master of Science degree and her doctorate degree (June 19, 1948) were awarded from the University of Illinois.

Professional Accomplishments
Shotwell began her work in Peoria, Illinois for the Agricultural Research Service's Northern Utilization research and Development Division in 1948.

3 Patents? How many papers did she write? By 1969 she had authored and published over 25 scientific articles. "holder of three patents and author of 118 scientific papers" PLAGIARISM

Aflotoxin For over 25 years of her career and especially during her work with the US Dept. of Agriculture research laboratory her work centered around aflotoxin, a toxin produced by mold and "one of the most potent" carcinogens that grows in food like corn. Byproducts of corn production are fed to cattle and can cause cancer, stunted growth, and congenital malformations. She instructed the Federal Drug Administration on how to detect contaminated feed grain by using a ultra violet light.

Duramycin She along with ______ are credited with the 1957 discovery of duramycin, a broad-spectrum antibiotic for use in crops, cows and pigs.

Azacolutin - She holds a patent on the exraction from from S. Cinnamomeus of Azacolutin, an antibiotic that she discovered, .

Her work with fermenting streptomyces were instrumental in the discovery of two other antibiotics: Cinnamycin and Hydroxystreptomycin

In 1950 the team she lead in Peoria, Illinois were the first to isolate Hydroxystreptomycin

Japanese Beetle At the Northern Laboratories she researched the Japanese Beetle, particularly those infected with milky disease. The group of researchers in which she worked went on to find a biological counter measure to their mass infestation.

The Distinguished Service award from the USDA.

Awards and Positions Held

 * President of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists.
 * Nominee of the USDA's Outstanding Handicapped Federal Employee Award of 1969.
 * One-time chair holder of the Mycotoxin Committee of the American Association of Cereal Chemists (AAOC).
 * Appointed to committees within the American Society of Oil Chemists which decide the standards of purity for the grain storage industry.
 * In 1980 Shotwell, along with four others were awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the United States Department of Agriculture for their 10 years of work regarding aflotoxin.  The award was given in large part for the work she was instrumental in; creating methods that made large scale production aflotoxin possible for study.