Love, Sex & Mushrooms
Cardy Raper
When a young girl, Cardy Raper told her mother, “When I grow up I want to be a scientist and make grand discoveries!” Her mother responded, “You could become a nurse.” Science was a man’s world then. Cardy refused to take “no” for an answer. Her dream seemed attainable when she met her mentor, Professor John “Red” Raper at the University of Chicago who said “Yes, you can be a scientist!” They became soul mates, fell in love, married, parented children, moved to Harvard, and did research together on the versatile sex life of fungi. Red’s untimely death left Cardy alone in the competitive world of cutting-edge science. She carried on, obtained a doctoral degree, learned the techniques of molecular genetics, and established her own laboratory where she conducted pioneering research on the genetic and molecular determinants of sexual reproduction in a mushroom-bearing fungus with 20,000 different sexes. This fungus has served as a model organism for exploring the way in which sensing molecules, such as pheromones, function to communicate in more complex organisms.
Author - Cardy Raper.
Narrator - Linda McGinness.
Published Date - Friday, 13 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2019 Cardy Raper ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
When a young girl, Cardy Raper told her mother, “When I grow up I want to be a scientist and make grand discoveries!” Her mother responded, “You could become a nurse.” Science was a man’s world then. Cardy refused to take “no” for an answer. Her dream seemed attainable when she met her mentor, Professor John “Red” Raper at the University of Chicago who said “Yes, you can be a scientist!” They became soul mates, fell in love, married, parented children, moved to Harvard, and did research together on the versatile sex life of fungi. Red’s untimely death left Cardy alone in the competitive world of cutting-edge science. She carried on, obtained a doctoral degree, learned the techniques of molecular genetics, and established her own laboratory where she conducted pioneering research on the genetic and molecular determinants of sexual reproduction in a mushroom-bearing fungus with 20,000 different sexes. This fungus has served as a model organism for exploring the way in which sensing molecules, such as pheromones, function to communicate in more complex organisms. Author - Cardy Raper. Narrator - Linda McGinness. Published Date - Friday, 13 January 2023. Copyright - © 2019 Cardy Raper ©.
Language:
English
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Duration:00:06:22
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Duration:00:18:25
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Duration:00:11:52
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Duration:00:13:02
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Duration:00:20:09
Chapter 23
Duration:00:17:02
Chapter 24
Duration:00:10:51
Chapter 25
Duration:00:17:01
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Duration:00:18:32
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Duration:00:00:31