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Shyamala Gopalan [a] (December 7, 1938 – February 11, 2009) was a biomedical scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, [5] whose work in isolating and characterizing the progesterone receptor gene has stimulated advances in breast biology and oncology. [6]
Aug 23, 2024 · Kamala Harris ’ parents, Donald J. Harris and Dr. Shyamala Gopalan, came to the United States to pursue their dreams — but never envisioned a future where their daughter would one day become vice...
Jul 31, 2024 · Shyamala Gopalan figures large in Vice President Harris’ life story — and her motivation to break barriers in politics.
Shyamala Gopalan was a pioneering woman of colour in America, a scientist and an activist. She was also Vice-President Kamala Harris's mother and her "greatest influence".
Sep 10, 2024 · All of the facts, photos, and information about Vice Presidential nominee Kamala Harris's mother, Shyamala Gopalan Harris. An Indian immigrant, Gopalan was a biological researcher in...
Jan 26, 2021 · Shyamala Gopalan was a pioneering woman of colour in America, a scientist and an activist. She was also Vice-President Kamala Harris's mother and her "greatest influence".
Sep 13, 2020 · How Kamala Harris’s Immigrant Parents Found a Home, and Each Other, in a Black Study Group. Donald Harris and Shyamala Gopalan grew up under British colonial rule on different sides of the ...
Aug 22, 2024 · Gopalan, a breast cancer researcher who died in 2009 at age 70 of colon cancer, won't see her daughter accept the Democratic Party’s nomination for president on...
Oct 25, 2020 · But that night, there was someone new whom McGaffie had never seen before: a tiny, sari-clad woman named Shyamala Gopalan. “She stood out a little bit because she was Indian,” McGaffie said. But...
Jul 31, 2024 · When Shyamala Gopalan approached her father with an acceptance letter to the University of California, Berkeley and announced her dream of becoming a scientist, she was just 19 years old. It was an unusual move by a woman whose own barrier-breaking choices would allow her daughter, Kamala Harris, to do the same.
