User:Willow44/sandbox

Biggest things to add:


 * Add a new section titled: research
 * compile all of her most notable papers and research in an easy to read, easy to find fashion.
 * Lots of missing information
 * her contributions to women in science are not highlighted nearly enough.
 * missing information about her ethical contributions in the field

Lead

 * include that she was a pioneer for all women in science
 * include that her work went beyond research and that she made contribution to her field in the realm of ethics

Early life

 * Born into a privileged family.
 * 4th of 5 children
 * left traditional schooling at age 12
 * went back to traditional schooling at age 16
 * enjoyed school at young age
 * awarded scholarship to Oxford in 1945
 * clarify slang
 * change "DPhil" into "doctor in philosophy"
 * change explain "MA"
 * first women to win Cristopher welch scholarship
 * move "married fellow student Dr Donald Michie on 6 October 1952" to the married life section.

Early Career and Married Life

 * Married Donald Michie in this section
 * contributed to 28 papers during this time
 * strong advocate for government assistance towards childcare after her divorce.

Later Career

 * reorganized section
 * received her first major scientific award in 1967- The Zoological Society of London's Scientific Medal
 * worked with Marilyn Monk on sex determination.
 * Also taught during this time
 * promoted women in academia and became an Honorary Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College in 1994.
 * published chimeras book - classic in field
 * received her first major scientific award in 1967- The Zoological Society of London's Scientific Medal
 * held position at MCR for 18 years
 * Moved to Cambridge after retirement
 * contributed to 48 papers after her retirement
 * Became an Honorary Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College in 1994
 * founded association of women in science and engineering and was president.

Research

 * Doctoral work on viral infection of the nervous system
 * Conducted joint research with husband on maternal development of lumbar vertebral counts in mice.
 * Worked with John Biggers on the development of mice in vitro. Their technique became the basis of IVF
 * Worked with Marilyn Monk and Elizabeth Gipson on sex determination and male fertility. Identified earliest primordial germ cells.
 * Worked on contributions to regenerative medicine

Honors

 * Only women to receive the Japan Prize
 * Don't want to include too many and her main ones are already in the article

Death

 * This section needs to be clarified. May not even need a new source but just written in a way that makes more sense.
 * Also include that her and her divorced husband had reunited to explain why they died together.

Legacy

 * This section needs a lot of work. It does not talk about her legacy in the realm of science hardly at all nor on her strides that she made for women in science.
 * The book "Mammalian Chimaeras" and later research solidified her as one of the world's leading experts in chimaeras. Now consisted a classic book in the field
 * Her book Germ Cells and Soma was published in 1980 and is also considered a classic in the field.
 * Anne's collaboration with Marilyn Monk and work on sex determination and male fertility with Elizabeth Simpson advanced our modern understanding in those areas. Significant contributions to the study of sex determination. She identified the earliest primordial germ cells (PGCs) through alkaline phosphatase staining. Her work on the genital ridge marked crucial findings, such as the block to meiosis in male genital ridges and the role of testis cord formation in this process.
 * her encouragement of young workers in the field of reproductive biology has been acknowledged many times over.
 * participated in setting up the Stem Cell Centre and the Centre for Trophoblast Research at Cambridge University
 * Played a crucial role in addressing social, ethical, and political dimensions of cloning and stem cell research.