Born in New York in 1918, scientist Gertrude B. Elion had an impressive career, during which she developed medicines to cure many major diseases. Elion spent her early youth in Manhattan. She attended senior high school and had, in her words, an unbelievable thirst for knowledge.

Influenced by the death of her grandfather, who died of cancer, Elion entered Hunter College at the age of 15 and graduated in chemistry at the age of 19. She had difficulty finding employment after graduation because many laboratories refused to hire women chemists. She found a part-time job as a lab assistant and went back to school at New York University. Elion worked as a high school teacher for a few years after finishing work on her master’s degree.

The start of World War II created more opportunities for women. At the age of 26, Elion was able to get a job at Burroughs Welcome, where she began a 40-year partnership with Dr. George H. Hitchings. Her thirst for knowledge impressed Dr. Hitchings, and he permitted her to take on more responsibility.

Elion and Hitchings set out on a course of creating medicines by studying the chemical composition of diseased cells. Rather than relying on old trial-and-error methods, they used the differences in biochemistry between normal human cells and pathogens(病原体)to design medicines. In all, Elion obtained 45 patents on medicine and was awarded 23 honorary degrees.

In 1988, Elion received the Nobel Prize for Medicine, together with George H. Hlitchings and Sir James Black. She received other awards for her work, including the National Medal of Science in 1991, and that same year, she became the first woman to be absorbed into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. In 1997, she was awarded the Lemelson-MIT Lifetime Achievement Award.

You can use social media professionally to make lasting connections with other people in your field and find new opportunities for your job.

Keep your profiles(简介）updated.

Your online profiles all need to be brought into line and up to date. A profile picture will help to let people put a face to a name and also help people remember you. 【小题1】 Thus, make sure your picture sends out the right signals about you.

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Make sure your skills and achievements stand out-just like a CV(简历）,in fact. If you're using social media as your career media, you need to make sure what you have online is relevant. No clichés (陈词滥调）,old stories and nonsense.

Build connections.

【小题3】There you can create a profile and post up to date information along with links to your other social media profiles and websites or blogs. Link your blogs to your LinkedIn profile and you can generate interest from those all important potential employers.

If there's an area of industry you like to get involved with, seek out the profile of people that work there and try to connect with them via active groups that are relevant to your field. 【小题4】

Get Twittering.

Twitter is a great way of connecting with people and you can easily start conversations with other users. You can start by following all the companies that you would like to work for. 【小题5】 Asking about opportunities is one way, but you can always keep an eye out for any Tweets about any jobs coming up and respond to them.