In the 2020 Prague Virtual Conference of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Sharon Traweek was awarded the society's John D. Bernal Prize jointly with Langdon Winner. The Bernal Prize is awarded annually to individuals who have made distinguished contributions to the field of STS. Prize recipients include founders of the field of STS, along with outstanding scholars who have devoted their careers to the understanding of social dimensions of science and technology. In this essay responding to Traweek's Bernal lecture, Subramaniam explores Traweek's mentorship in her own work as a feminist STS scholar in biological sciences.