home

![file description]

# Welcome to My Research Portfolio

![Barbara McClintock (1902-1992), Department of Genetics, Carnegie Institution at Cold Spring Harbor, New York, shown in her laboratory. [Photo: From the Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-5609](http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_306310)](images/barbaramcclintock.jpg){width=80%}

Hello, I’m **Barbara McClintock**, an American cytogeneticist fascinated by the dynamic nature of the genome. My work with **maize chromosomes** led to the discovery of genetic recombination, chromosome breakage, and eventually, **transposable elements** — genes that can move within the genome.

I completed my PhD in Botany at **Cornell University** in 1927, and spent much of my career exploring how chromosomes behave and control genetic expression in maize. In 1983, I was awarded the **Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine** for the discovery of genetic transposition.

This site serves as a portfolio of my research, publications, and ongoing scientific interests.

> “If you know you are on the right track, if you have this inner knowledge, then nobody can turn you off.”