Tsuneko Okazaki

Tsuneko Okazaki born June 7, 1933) is a Japanese scientist known for her discovery and research of Okazaki fragments.She graduated from Nagoya University, School of Science in 1956.

Tunek Okazaki was the first woman professor at Nagoya University in Japan, and now a days teacher at the Medical College Fujita.For those who have ever studied the DNA replication process, it may be a surprise to find a woman's face to the name of Okazaki.

The molecular biologist was the discoverer of the so-called "Okazaki fragments" (are short chains or molecules of DNA that are formed during DNA replication. )in studies performed with her husband, Reiji Okazaki in 1968.

In 2000 was awarded the L'Oreal-UNESCO "For Women in Science" awards that are awarded annually to five scientists, one for each continent. 

Konrad Lorenz

Konrad Zacharias Lorenz (November 7, 1903 in Vienna – February 27, 1989 in Altenberg, Vienna) was a Austrian zoologist, ethologist,

and ornithologist.

He is often regarded as one of the founders of modern ethology, developing an approach that began with an earlier generation,

Lorenz studied instinctive behavior in animals, especially in greylag geese

. Working with geese, he rediscovered the principle of imprinting in the behavior of nidifugous birds.

He read The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, which filled him with a great enthusiasm about wild geese, so he decided studing them and its

behavior.

In later life his interest to the study of humans in society.

. Lorenz joined the Nazi Party in 1938 In his application for membership to the Nazi-party NSDAP he wrote in 1938: "I'm able to

say that my whole scientific work is devoted to the ideas of the National Socialists." he published books during the Nazi period

included support for Nazi ideas of "racial hygiene" .

However, later in his Biography he wrote that he was sorry.