Women in Science meetings
The Women in Science meeting is an informal round table discussion with invited female CDBS seminar speakers who will talk about their careers and share their experience as women in science.
The motivation behind this initiative is to provide role models for female researchers. The current low representation of women in the higher ranks of academia is a great concern in the UK and in European science in general.
Studies have shown that although men and women are equally represented at the PhD-student level, women leave science in disproportionate higher numbers at the postdoc level and even more so at the group-leader level.
The reasons for the drop out are complex, ranging from imposed to self-imposed discrimination. These studies pointed out the importance of role models and mentoring schemes.
For any question or suggestion regarding these meetings please contact Dr Nathalie Rochefort (n.rochefort@ed.ac.uk).
Past speakers include:
Prof Kate Ellacott (Biomedical Neuroscience, University of Exeter)
Dame Linda Partridge FRS FRSE FMedSci (University College, London)
Prof Gina Turrigiano (Dept of Biology, Brandeis University, USA)
Dr Serena Dudek (NIEHS, North Carolina, USA)
Prof Marian Joëls (UMC Utrecht)
Prof Ans van Pelt (UMC Amsterdam)
Prof Maria Spillantini (University of Cambridge)
Dr Tara Keck (UCL)
Prof Asya Rolls (Israel Institute of Technology)
Prof Johanna Höög (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
Prof Hannah Monyer (Heidelberg University, Germany)
Dr Marion Silies (ENI Göttingen)
Dr Arantza Barrios (UCL)
Dr Valentina Emiliani (Paris Descartes University)
Dr Sandrine Geranton (UCL)
Dr Stephanie Schorge (UCL)
Prof Gillian Bates (UCL)
Dr Shen-Ju Chou (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
Prof Mala Shah (UCL School of Pharmacy)
Dr Madeline Lancaster (LMB Cambridge)
Prof Carol Ann Mason (Columbia University)
Dr Antonella de Matteis (Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Italy)
Prof Suzanne L. Dickson (University of Gothenburg)
Prof Annette Dolphin (UCL)
Dr Sylvie Schneider-Maunoury (University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris)
Dr Dawn Livingstone (CDBS, University of Edinburgh)
Dr Maria Doitsidou (University of Edinburgh)
Further information
Link to the 'Women in Science' pages on the Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences website