What is Shyamala Gopalan?
{{Infobox person | name = Shyamala Gopalan | other_names = Shyamala Gopalan Harris | birth_date = {{birth date|1938|12|07|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Chennai|Chennai, India]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2009|2|11|1938|12|7|}} | death_place = [[Oakland, California]], U.S. | citizenship = | education = {{plainlist| * [[Lady Irwin College]], [[University of Delhi]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BSc]]) * [[University of California, Berkeley]] ([[Master of Science|MS]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]]) }} | spouse = {{marriage|[[Donald J. Harris]]|1963|1971|end=div}} | children = {{hlist|[[Kamala Harris|Kamala]]|[[Maya Harris|Maya]]}} | parents = [[P. V. Gopalan]] (father)<br>Rajam Gopalan (mother) | module = {{Infobox scientist|child=yes| | workplaces = {{plainlist| * [[Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research]], [[McGill University]] * [[Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory]] }} | thesis_title = The isolation and purification of a trypsin inhibitor from whole wheat flour | thesis_url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14241616 | thesis_year = 1964 | doctoral_advisor = Richard L. Lyman}} }} '''Shyamala Gopalan''' (December 7, 1938 – February 11, 2009)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dev|first=B. C. A.|date=2009-06-21|title=In Memoriam: Dr. Shyamala G. Harris|url=https://www.bcaction.org/in-memoriam-dr-shyamala-g-harris/|access-date=2024-07-24|website=Breast Cancer Action|language=en}}</ref> was an India-born Tamil American civil rights activist and cancer researcher. She was the mother of [[Kamala Harris]], the 49th [[List of vice presidents of the United States|Vice President of the United States]]. Gopalan conducted research in the Cancer Research Lab in [[University of California, Berkeley|UC Berkeley]]'s Department of Zoology. Her research led to advancements in the knowledge of breast cancer [[Hormone|hormones]]. Her work changed the progress on the research of the hormone-responsiveness of breast tissue. She m