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Corrado Nai

Corrado Nai is a science writer with a PhD in microbiology. His work has been published by Smithsonian Magazine, New Scientist, Reactor (formerly Tor.com), Small Things Considered, and many others. He is currently writing a graphic novel about Fanny Angelina Hesse based on unpublished historical material he helped resurface. He lives in Jakarta, Indonesia, with his wife and daughter.

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Yeast Art portrait of Fanny Angelina Hesse

Fanny Angelina Hesse

Hesse changed medicine and the life sciences when she introduced agar, a jelly derived from seaweed, into laboratory research.