Shyamala Gopalan is a highly accomplished biomedical scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. She is known for her groundbreaking work in isolating and characterizing the progesterone receptor gene.
Her pioneering research has helped us better understand breast biology and oncology.
She is also the mother of Kamala Devi Harris, the current Vice President of the United States and a prominent American politician and lawyer.
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- Full Name: Shyamala Gopalan
- Stage Name: Shyamala Gopalan
- Date of birth: December 7 December 7, 1938
- Date of death: February 11, 2009 (aged 70)
- Place of birth: Chennai, India
- Nationality: Native American
- Occupation: biomedical scientist
- Height: 1.52 m
- Parents: PV Gopalan and Rajam Gopalan,
- Siblings: 2, Shantakumari Narayanan
- Former spouse: Donald J. Harris (married 1963–1971)
- Children: 2, Maya Harris and Kamala Harris
- Relationship: Divorced
- Net worth: Unknown
Childhood life and education.
Shyamala Gopalan, an Indian-American civil rights activist and biologist, was born in Chennai, India, on December 7, 1938.
Shyamala was raised by her parents, PV Gopalan and Rajam Gopalan. She has two siblings, Shantakumari Narayanan, and another sibling. Shyamala is of mixed ethnicity and follows the Tamil Brahmin religion.
She attended Lady Irwin College and the University of California, Berkeley, where she earned her BA and MA in biochemistry.
Shyamala’s education and upbringing greatly influenced her passion for social justice and commitment to empowering minority communities.
Career
Shyamala Gopalan is a renowned scientist who has made significant contributions to the fields of zoology, cancer research, and breast cancer research. She has dedicated her career to researching and finding solutions to this deadly disease, working at prestigious institutions such as UC Berkeley, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and McGill University.
She has also served as a reviewer for the National Institutes of Health and as a member of numerous committees related to breast cancer research.
She also mentored many students, passing on her knowledge and expertise to the next generation of scientists. In her later years, she continued her research at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, leaving a huge legacy in the scientific world.
Shyamala Gopalan’s research focuses on hormones involved in breast cancer. She has made significant contributions to the understanding of these hormones, notably through her work on isolating and characterizing the progesterone receptor gene in mice.
This discovery revolutionized the study of hormone responsiveness in breast tissue and paved the way for further advances in breast cancer research. Her research continues to have a lasting impact on the scientific community and has helped improve our understanding and treatment of the disease.
Social media.
Shyamala Gopalan’s social media accounts are still missing.
Personal life
Shyamala Gopalan married Donald J. Harris in 1963. The couple met an economics graduate student from Jamaica, Donald J. Harris, who was the speaker that day.
According to Donald Harris, currently a professor emeritus of economics at Stanford University, the couple is blessed with two children, Maya Harris and Kamala Harris. Kamala Harris is an American politician and lawyer, who is the 49th and current vice president of the United States.
Unfortunately, the couple split in 1971. Shyamala died of colon cancer in Oakland on February 11, 2009, at the age of 70. However, her legacy and impact continues through her daughter Kamala’s political career and her plea for donations to breast cancer research.
Net worth
Shyamala Gopalan is a highly accomplished biomedical scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, while her daughter Kamala Devi Harris is an American politician and lawyer. She is currently the 49th and current vice president of the United States.
While Gopalan’s estimated net worth is unknown to the media, Harris’s estimated net worth is $8 million.
