Shyamala Gopalan

Shyamala Gopalan
Shyamala Gopalan
Born	December 7, 1938; Madras, Madras Presidency, British India; (present-day Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India)
Died	11 February 2009 (aged 70); Oakland, California, U.S.
Other names	Gopalan Shyamala, G. Shyamala, Shyamala Gopalan Harris
Education	Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi (BSc); University of California, Berkeley (MS, PhD);
Known for	Progesterone receptor biology and applications to breast cancer, Mother of vice president of the United States Kamala Harris
Spouse	Donald J. Harris (m. 1963; div. 1971)
Children	Kamala Harris; Maya Harris;
Parent(s)	P. V. Gopalan (father); Rajam Gopalan (mother)
	Scientific career
Institutions	Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, McGill University; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory;
Thesis	The isolation and purification of a trypsin inhibitor from whole wheat flour (1964)
Doctoral advisor	Richard L. Lyman

Shyamala Gopalan^[a] (December 7, 1938 – February 11, 2009) was a biomedical scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,^[5] whose work in isolating and characterizing the progesterone receptor gene stimulated advances in breast biology and oncology.^[6] She was the mother of Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris and Maya Harris, a lawyer and political commentator.^[7]

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^ "Shyamala_Gopalan_Harris.pdf" (PDF). United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. p. 14/154. Retrieved March 23, 2024. Gopalan Shyamala [Maiden]
Also see: "Shyamala_Gopalan_Harris.pdf" (PDF). United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. p. 23/154. Retrieved March 23, 2024. which is an Indian government document that uses the form "G. Shyamala".
^ "Shyamala_Gopalan_Harris.pdf" (PDF). United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. p. 8/154. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
^ "Shyamala_Gopalan_Harris.pdf" (PDF). United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. p. 90/154. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
^ Tabasko, Michael (July–August 2021), "A Fortuitious Connection: Vice President Kamala Harris's Mother and Her NIH Collaborations" (PDF), NIH Catalyst: A Publication About NIH Intramural Research, 29 (4), National Institutes of Health, Office of the Director: 1, 6, Gopalan eventually left Canada and returned to California to continue her work on the role of hormone receptors in breast-cancer development at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley, California). She was awarded several NIH grants supporting her research through 2001, and her lab published their findings in 2006 (Cancer Res 66:10391–10398, 2006; DOI:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-06-0321). (Photo caption: Shyamala Gopalan Harris (left) in her lab at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.)
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^ Cadelago, Christopher; Oprysko, Caitlin (August 11, 2020). "Biden picks Kamala Harris as VP nominee". Politico. Retrieved August 31, 2020.

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[2] "Shyamala_Gopalan_Harris.pdf" (PDF). United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. p. 14/154. Retrieved March 23, 2024. Gopalan Shyamala [Maiden]
Also see: "Shyamala_Gopalan_Harris.pdf" (PDF). United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. p. 23/154. Retrieved March 23, 2024. which is an Indian government document that uses the form "G. Shyamala".

[3] "Shyamala_Gopalan_Harris.pdf" (PDF). United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. p. 8/154. Retrieved March 23, 2024.

[4] "Shyamala_Gopalan_Harris.pdf" (PDF). United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. p. 90/154. Retrieved March 23, 2024.

[tabasko-harris-6] Tabasko, Michael (July–August 2021), "A Fortuitious Connection: Vice President Kamala Harris's Mother and Her NIH Collaborations" (PDF), NIH Catalyst: A Publication About NIH Intramural Research, 29 (4), National Institutes of Health, Office of the Director: 1, 6, Gopalan eventually left Canada and returned to California to continue her work on the role of hormone receptors in breast-cancer development at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley, California). She was awarded several NIH grants supporting her research through 2001, and her lab published their findings in 2006 (Cancer Res 66:10391–10398, 2006; DOI:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-06-0321). (Photo caption: Shyamala Gopalan Harris (left) in her lab at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.)

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[8] Cadelago, Christopher; Oprysko, Caitlin (August 11, 2020). "Biden picks Kamala Harris as VP nominee". Politico. Retrieved August 31, 2020.

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Shyamala Gopalan

Born	(1938-12-07)December 7, 1938 Madras, Madras Presidency, British India (present-day Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India)
Died	11 February 2009(2009-02-11) (aged 70) Oakland, California, U.S.
Other names	Gopalan Shyamala, G. Shyamala, Shyamala Gopalan Harris
Education	Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi (BSc) University of California, Berkeley (MS, PhD)
Known for	Progesterone receptor biology and applications to breast cancer, Mother of vice president of the United States Kamala Harris
Spouse	Donald J. Harris (m. 1963; div. 1971)
Children	Kamala Harris Maya Harris
Parent(s)	P. V. Gopalan (father) Rajam Gopalan (mother)

Scientific career
Institutions	Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, McGill University Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Thesis	The isolation and purification of a trypsin inhibitor from whole wheat flour (1964)
Doctoral advisor	Richard L. Lyman^[1]