Ahead of her 80th birthday, Judith Howard discussed her life in science, including the importance of women in crystallography from its inception, and her favourite breakthroughs in this field.
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Judith Howard was interviewed by Stephanie Greed
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Howard, J., Greed, S. Chronicles from the crystallography connoisseur. Nat Rev Chem 9, 730–731 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41570-025-00769-5
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