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Commission member Soňa Štrbáňova, Centre for the History of Sciences and Humanities, Czech Republic, is pleased to announce the publication of her book, Holding Hands with Bacteria: The Life and Work of Marjory Stephenson, in the series, SpringerBriefs in History of Chemistry (Springer-Verlag, 2016).From the book's website: "[Stephenson] was one of the first scientists to use microorganisms as models for research into cellular biochemical processes and their regulation.... Štrbáňová outlines Stephenson's constant battle with practices of undeclared discrimination.... [T]he life of Marjory Stephenson is of interest to biochemists, molecular biologists, historians of the chemical and biological sciences, and women scientists of all generations."