# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shyamala-gopalan
# Generated: 2026-08-31T14:45:18.287Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/shyamala-gopalan"
name: "Shyamala Gopalan"
slug: "shyamala-gopalan"
description: "Shyamala Gopalan Harris was an Indian-born American biomedical scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, whose work in isolating and characterizing the progesterone receptor gene has stimulated advances in breast biology and oncology. She was the mother of Kamala Harris, the former vice president of the United States who also served as attorney general of California and senator, and Maya Harris, a lawyer and political commentator."
tagline: "Indian-born American biomedical scientist (1938–2009)"
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gender: "female"
country:
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birthDate: "1938-04-07"
deathDate: "2009-02-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump