EXCLUSIVE - Pr. Athene Donald, United Kingdom, laureate 2009. For Women in Science Award, LOreal-UNESCO, Europe. 'For her work in unravelling the mysteries of the physics of messy materials ranging from cement to starch.' Professor Donald in the laboratory looking at an image of a fluorescently stained mammalian cell (fibroblast). In the background, the computer screen shows an image of such cells spreading on a patterned surface, work directed towards understanding how to control cell spreading in Cambridge, UK on November 4, 2008. Photo by Micheline Pelletier/ABACAPRESS.COM