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16 Sep, 12 tweets, 13 min read
In honor of #HispanicHeritageMonth, we wanted to highlight 10 Hispanic and Latino scientists from history who have shaped chemistry as we know it today: bit.ly/2XkzfOj

#LatinXChem #LatinXinSTEM
Oswaldo Luiz Alves was among the first Brazilian scientists to develop, research, and teach nanotechnology. He also founded the Solid State Chemistry Laboratory at @unicampoficial. Learn more about him at bit.ly/3hE6289

#LatinXChem #LatinXinSTEM #HispanicHeritageMonth Picture of Oswaldo Luiz Alves
Sara Borrell Ruiz was one of the first experts on sex hormones in Spain. She worked with the team that was developing the first oral contraceptive. Read more about Borrell at bit.ly/3lxSigx

#LatinXinSTEM #WomenInSTEM #HispanicHeritageMonth Picture of Sara Borrell Ruiz
Andrés Manuel Del Río discovered the only element to be unearthed in Mexico, in 1801. But it took 30 years before he was credited for finding vanadium. Learn more about Del Río at bit.ly/3nCr2zZ

#LatinXChem #HispanicHeritageMonth
Rebeca Gerschman was the first scientist to propose that free radicals can cause oxygen toxicity and cell death. She also developed the Gerschman-Marenzi method, to study potassium in the blood. Learn more about her at bit.ly/3tLoOzf #LatinXinSTEM

#WomenInSTEM
Luis F. Leloir made foundational discoveries about glucose metabolism and was the first Latin American to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Learn more about Leloir at bit.ly/3hBeGo3

#LatinXChem #HispanicHeritageMonth
César Milstein was an Argentine Nobel laureate who studied enzymology and immunology and is best remembered for his research in antibody production. Learn more about Milstein at bit.ly/3lqtKG9

#LatinXChem #LatinXinSTEM #HispanicHeritageMonth Picture of César Milstein
Luis Miramontes co-invented norethindrone, which would become the active compound base of the first synthetic oral contraceptive pill. Read more about Miramontes at bit.ly/2Xm1bSl

#LatinXChem #LatinXinSTEM #HispanicHeritageMonth Picture of Luis Miramontes
Mario Molina played with a chemistry set growing up. As an adult, he shared the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on understanding the formation and decomposition of ozone in the stratosphere. Learn more about Molina at bit.ly/3nD9uUc

#LatinXinSTEM picture of Mario Molina
Sarah Stewart was among the first to demonstrate a link between viruses and cancer and her work as key for the development of vaccines against human papillomavirus. Read more about Stewart at bit.ly/3hE5oHT

#LatinXinSTEM #WomenInSTEM #HispanicHeritageMonth Picture of Sarah Stewart
Evangelina Villegas contributed to cereal and nutritional science, and developed a high protein variety of corn, an important crop in her home country of Mexico. This grain helped prevent malnourishment, especially in children. Learn about Villegas at bit.ly/3Elu0i6 Picture of Evangelina Villegas
A BIG thank you to all the writers (@shantalwriter , Manny Morone, @science_ari , Rachel Petkewich, @CHogue , and @Sciencebey) and translators (@gomobel and @jjsaenzde #CENenespanol) who made these stories possible! #HispanicHeritageMonth #MesDeLaHerenciaHispana

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16 Sep
En honor al #MesDeLaHerenciaHispana, hemos compilado una lista de personajes históricos Hispanos y Latinos que han dado forma a la química tal como la conocemos hoy día: bit.ly/3Embp5O

#LatinXChem #CENenespanol
Oswaldo Luiz Alves fue uno de los primeros científicos brasileños en desarrollar, investigar y enseñar nanotecnología. También fundó el Laboratorio de Química del Estado Sólido en @unicampoficial. Puedes obtener más información sobre él en bit.ly/3keAR5a #LatinXChem
Sara Borrell Ruiz fue una de las primeras expertas en hormonas en España. Trabajó con el equipo que estaba desarrollando el primer anticonceptivo oral. Lee más sobre Borell en bit.ly/3AgbVzI

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