Jewell Cobb

Jewel Plumber Cobb, a cell biologist and cancer researcher, was born in Chicago, Illinois on January 17, 1924 to Frank V. Plummer, a physician, and Carriebel (Cole) Plummer, a physical education teacher.  An only child, Jewel Plummer began reading her father’s scientific journals to supplement her science training while in junior high school.  Plummer was a high school honor … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: African Americans in the Biological Sciences