Interesting Features at PWN for 12.21.15

News from the PWN Pipeline:

'Early access to professional networks will unclog the diversity pipeline in tech.'

Jessica Pliska, the CEO and Founder of The Opportunity Network, and Christina Lewis Halpern, Founder and Director of All Star Code, penned an article in the Huffington Post that emphasized the use of professional networks for all young engineering and computer science students in order to minimize the diversity gap in these fields. Pliska and Halpern suggest that pursuing connections through LinkedIn, professional blogs and Twitter, particularly at a young age, will increase their professional relationships with more senior tech leaders and their familiarity with building connections to promising opportunities.

'The 5 things your emails need to include to get people to read and respond.'

Aaron Orendorff put together an interesting article posted on Fast Company that proposes 5 crucial yet simple steps that will help ensure that recipients read and respond to your emails instead of ignoring them or worse, deleting them without reading the whole thing. Among his suggestions are offering a single action item per email and mindfully keeping the email brief.

Interesting Features at PWN for 12.14.15

News from the PWN Pipeline: 

'How to be the person who never misses a deadline'

Kelsey Manning, an Advertising and Promotions coordinator at Harper Collins, has written an interesting article describing methods she uses to remedy patterns of 'lateness,' which can mean anything from being late to meet with colleagues to handing in important materials past deadlines. She outlines several key factors in reducing procrastination and missed deadlines, including being honest with yourself about why you're late ("Are you easily distracted from the task at hand?" "Are your deadlines unrealistic?") as well as not underestimating how long tasks will take. The article is a quick read that offers a few great tips to organize work time better in order to hit all deadlines.


Advancement Opportunities:

Postdoctoral position available in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior at the University of California, Irvine

Excellent opportunity for a postdoctoral researcher with a PhD in Neuroscience, or related area, to conduct research on the neurobiological mechanisms underlying nicotine reinforcement and aversion utilizing mouse and rat behavioral models in conjunction with manipulation of neuronal circuit function (e.g. optogenetic/DREADD approaches). The successful candidate will have strong problem-solving, writing and communication skills, as well as background and experience in rodent behavioral models, calcium imaging, in vitro neuronal culture, and/or generation of designer viral constructs.

More details in the link above
Apply: CV | Statement of research experience and interests | Contact info of 3 references
Send to: Dr. Christie Fowler | cdfowler@uci.edu

Interesting Features at PWN for 12.7.15

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'Women... saw not an innocent hair dryer, but a tool of sexist oppression. IBM had wrapped science and engineering in girly girl trappings.'

IBM very recently experienced a public backlash to their Hack a Hair Dryer Campaign, which aimed to encourage young women to get more involved in science and engineering by suggesting they imagine what they could do or build by 'hacking' a hair dryer. IBM posted a video to Twitter to announce the campaign, and the video showed women in lab coats using a hair dryer to push a ping pong ball through elaborate machines. Though many have complained about the obvious sexist undertones of the campaign and are outraged that women should have to 'prove' their ability to do science, an article by Fortune's Stacey Higginbotham suggests that IBM may have succeeded in making the conversation about attracting more women to science and engineering careers more relatable to young girls through the application of a hair dryer and may encourage them to think beyond the practical utility of an everyday household object. Many female engineers and scientists have responded with humor and sarcasm to IBM's campaign with tweets incorporating the hashtag #hackahairdryer.

Head over to Twitter (#hackahairdryer) to read some these tweets or join the conversation!

'A young man doesn't have to overcome a social stigma to be in STEM.'

An interesting article from Heather Cabot on nbcnews.com addresses the issue of encouraging and motivating young women to stay in science and engineering degree programs. Cabot indicates that fear of failure and high expectations for success result in women lagging confidence and being hard on themselves. The article suggests that encouraging women in these STEM programs to find community with like-minded women and to take the focus off of straight A's and immediate success will allow a more harmonious melding of the female identity with the tech identity.

Interesting Features at PWN for 9.14.15

Hello all! Keep an eye out for emails and announcements from PWN as we transition from using LinkedIn to Gmail for keeping in touch with our members. 

Career Advancement Opportunities: 

Tenure-track faculty positions available in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins University

Fantastic opportunities for faculty positions in Behavioral Neuroscience and in Human Cognitive Neuroscience/Cognitive Psychology with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2016. Successful applicants will have a PhD in psychology, neuroscience, or a related field, and will have a strong record of research productivity.

Interested candidates for the Behavioral Neuroscience position should have interests and expertise in the mechanistic basis of behavior using animal models, and those with experience using cutting-edge approaches that integrate physiological or molecular methods with neural systems-level methods are especially encouraged to apply.

Interested candidates for the Human Cognitive Neuroscience/Cognitive Psychology position should have interests and expertise in human perception, memory, and/or cognition using one or more experimental methods.

More details and application portal in the link above.


Postdoctoral research position available in the Department of Pharmacology and Center for Substance Abuse Research at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia

Excellent opportunity for a postdoctoral researcher with a recent PhD degree in either neuroscience or pharmacology to study the neuropharmacology of designer cathinones found in 'bath salts' in the laboratory of Dr. Scott Rawls, PhD, at Temple University School of Medicine. The successful candidate will have experience in studying behavioral and neurochemical effects of drugs of abuse and will be motivated to develop or enhance expertise in use of self-administration assays, microdialysis assays, and immunohistochemical techniques to study behavioral, neurochemical, cellular, and neurotoxic effects of cathinones.

Apply: CV | contact information for 3 references
Send to: Dr. Scott Rawls, PhD | scott.rawls@temple.edu

Interesting Features at PWN for 8.1.15

I hope you have all had a fantastic summer so far! We are looking forward to another great year with PWN, and have arranged a PWN meeting to take place during the Society for Neuroscience conference in Chicago in October. Additional details about the meeting will be forthcoming on this blog and via member emails, so keep an eye out for news from us!  


News from the PWN Pipeline: 

"If more directors took such steps, gender equity would be closer to reality."

Science writer Cynthia Fox covers a series of 'Women in Science' initiatives that have been put in place by director Dr. Douglas Hilton of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne, Australia to eliminate gender bias among researchers at the Institute. Some of his policies included appointing additional female department heads and senior professors, providing grants for female laboratory directors, offering technical help and potential job sharing for post doctoral mothers, establishing private breastfeeding rooms, and putting more women on committees to select speakers and award promotions. The article is an interesting read, and offers a contrast between efforts and policies enforced in Australia to combat gender inequity and those in the United States.


Career Advancement Opportunities: 

Post-doctoral research position available immediately in the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA

A fantastic opportunity for a postdoctoral and highly motivated candidate with a strong background in molecular and cellular neuroscience to join the Sadri-Vakili NeuroEpigenetics Laboratory at MGH in Boston, MA.

The laboratory is focused on determining the molecular mechanisms that cause neurological and psychiatric disorders. In addition, researchers test the therapeutic potential of novel compounds for the treatment of neurodegenerative disease, and employ numerous techniques from assessing animal behavior to analyzing specific epigenetic modifications.

The successful candidate will have have experience working with rodent models, and will have established laboratory skills such as immunohistochemistry, immunoblotting, qPCR, and microscopy.

Apply: CV, brief description of research interests | contact information for 3 references

Send to: Dr. Ghazaleh Sadri-Vakili | gsadrivakili@mgh.harvard.edu

Joint tenure-track faculty position available in Integrative Physiology and Psychology/Neuroscience at the University of Colorado Boulder

An excellent opportunity for scientists with a PhD in neuroscience, physiology or a related science field to develop an active research program that implements transformative neuroscience and biomedical research approaches to explore the functioning of the nervous system in health and disease in humans and/or animal models. 

Successful candidates will demonstrate an outstanding record of research achievement and research funding success appropriate to level of seniority, as well as a demonstrated history of successful collaborative, interdisciplinary research, and a strong commitment to undergraduate and graduate education. 

More details in the link below

Information/Application portal | https://www.jobsatcu.com/postings/106168

Interesting Features at PWN for 6.22.15

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'Women Cry When Criticized and Are a Romantic Distraction.'

Many of you have probably already heard of the discriminatory and sexist remarks recently made by Nobel Laureate biochemist Dr. Tim Hunt at a conference in South Korea. Dr. Hunt proclaimed that with women in the laboratory, either "you fall in love with them, they fall in love with you, and when you criticize them they cry." Though he eventually apologized, Dr. Hunt still stood by his comments and acknowledged that he is perceived as a chauvinist. These types of opinions and polemics, often dismissed as jest or a sense of humor 'gone awry', are microaggressions that hide true gender bias and sexist attitudes that can constrain the career growth of women in science. One of Britain's newspapers, the Independent, noted "with lab rats like him, is it any wonder there's a shortage of women in science."


'What It's Like As a 'Girl' In The Lab'

Sarah Clatterbuck Soper, a molecular biologist, penned an Op-Ed piece in the New York Times responding, in part, to the ignorant and inappropriate comments made by Dr. Tim Hunt and also to emphasize the importance of high-quality mentorship of female scientists. Dr. Soper indicates that gender bias related to scientific training is frequently present in labs led by male scientists, resulting in fewer female scientists receiving critical training, but that gender bias is absent in top labs led by female scientists. Receiving high-quality mentorship and training in the lab by either male or female principal investigators and lab leaders will facilitate a greater likelihood for stronger career outcomes.

Interesting Features at PWN for 5.25.15

News from the PWN Pipeline:

#girlswithtoys

The hashtag 'girls with toys' has roared into Twitter as women in the international scientific community have posted tweets with photos of themselves with their scientific toys, ranging from Mars Rovers to the Hadron Collider. The images, all including the #girlswithtoys hashtag, are a response to a remark made by astronomer Shrinivas Kulkarni from the California Institute of Technology to NPR's Joe Palca who was interviewing him: "Many scientists, I think, are what I call 'boys with toys.'" This chauvinistic view of STEM fields undermines the many contributions of women scientists. Fortunately, the images of scientific tools that many women scientists are now posting online offers a glimpse into their cool toys and may help inspire young girls to enter STEM fields.

Check out some #girlswithtoys tweets here


Advancement Opportunities

Postdoctoral position available in the Behavioral Neurophysiology Laboratory in the Department of Psychology at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA

Tremendous opportunity for a highly motivated electrophysiologist who is interested in learned behavioral models, particularly investigating synaptic plasticity underlying cocaine addiction and relapse using rodent models. The successful candidate must have published proficiency in whole-cell slice electrophysiology and synaptic plasticity, and the ability to measure glutamatergic plasticity in brain slices using whole-cell patch-clamp recording is required. Furthermore, the successful candidate will have a PhD degree in neuroscience or related filed, strong communication skills, a strong publication history, and a desire to work both independently and cooperatively.

Interested applicants: CV | Cover Letter | names of 3 references
Send to: Dr. Lisa Briand | lbriand@temple.edu

Interesting Features at PWN for 5.11.15

News from the PWN Pipeline: 

Medical Researchers Still Skip Gender-Based Data

In 1991, Dr. Bernadine Healy, the first female director of the National Institutes of Health, reported the troubling news that women who had heart attacks were receiving a different quality of care as men because they presented with different symptoms that often resulted in misdiagnosis or improper treatment. Part of the reason for this difference in care is that women are not routinely involved in clinical trials and therefore treatments are often designed based on how male clinical trial participants reacted to specific drugs, leading to errant dosing and treatment of women. Genetic differences in drug treatment reactivity are a critical factor in determining the success of a potential drug, and reflect a key reason to mandate the inclusion of women and minorities in drug testing and clinical trials. Decades after Dr. Healy first spoke out on this issue, Senator Dianne Feinstein has recently asked the Government Accountability Office to ensure that women are included in clinical trials and her efforts led to an NIH policy change to include more women in these trials.


Advancement Opportunities

Postdoctoral position available at the Department of Anesthesia at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA

Exciting opportunity for a scientist interesting in studying mechanisms underlying the genesis of migraine and post-traumatic headaches. The NIH funded project involves in vivo recording from trigeminal nocicepters in rodents together with the use of optogenetic and chemogenetic methods. The successful applicant will have a PhD in neuroscience, pharmacology or physiology, and extensive in vivo extracellular electrophysiology experience. Knowledge of immunohistochemistry is also preferred.

Interested applicants: CV | 1-page description of career goals | contact info for 3 references
Send to: Dr. Dan Levy | dlevy1@bidmc.harvard.edu

Interesting Features at PWN for 4.4.15

News from the PWN Pipeline:

10 Things Not to Say at Work

Tara Sophia Mohr, career coach and founder of the Playing Big women's leadership program, suggests eliminating 10 common words and phrases from daily workplace speech in order to make thoughts and statements more powerful. Among these suggestions is dropping the word 'just' ("I just want to check in..." "I'm just concerned that...") that can make the speaker sound whiny and dropping undermining qualifiers such as "I'm no expert, but..." or ""I'm just thinking off the top of my head..." which combines both 'just' and an undermining qualifier. Click the link above to check out all of Mohr's tips.

"Perhaps it is not so surprising that on average male doctoral students co-author one more paper than female doctoral students, just as, on average, male doctoral students can probably run a mile race a bit faster than female doctoral students."

Among other patronizing and sexist comments, an anonymous peer reviewer of the open access journal PLoS One suggested that the two female authors of a manuscript describing the influence of gender differences on the transition between doctoral and postdoctoral work would benefit by adding male coauthors to ensure that their data were interpreted correctly. The reviewer also commented that only males have the personality and traits necessary to make it to the top jobs in science. The manuscript was ultimately rejected by PLoS One, although the national attention garnered by the sexist review has resulted in an appeal at the journal. It is remarkable that a manuscript describing data that supports ongoing gender bias in academia should yield such unconstructive and gender biased criticism.  

Interesting Features at PWN for 4.27.15

News from the PWN Pipeline:

Consider Co-Mentoring

An interesting article written by two entrepreneurs, Dawn Wells Nadeau and Sara Gaviser Leslie, in Fast Company online suggests a novel mentoring approach, or even alternative to structured mentoring programs, that involves peers mentoring one other. Importantly, Nadeau and Leslie are quick to point out that individuals should not arrange a co-mentoring relationship with peers who may be colleagues or 'competition' given that it is difficult to be honest and vulnerable with someone who may work side-by-side with you in the same industry and may compete for the same resources and job titles. Some of the benefits of a co-mentoring relationship between peers includes increased accountability for timelines and goals as well as new exposure to complementary skills and experiences.

The 5 Most Influential Women in Science and Medicine in Time 100

The Time 100 list is meant to identify the 100 most influential people in the world across all industry. This year, the magazine identified 5 outstanding women who have made immense scientific progress in the fields of medicine, genetics, and infectious disease. Click the link above to read more about these female pioneers, one of whom sings in a rock band when she's not sequencing the genome of the Ebola virus.  

Interesting Features at PWN for 4.20.15

News from the PWN Pipeline:

"I try to let fear be a good sign."

A recent post in The Guardian features several tips given by Julie Lenzer Kirk on navigating a mid-career transition. Lenzer Kirk is a serial technology entrepreneur who, within the past year, was appointed to Director of the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the US department of commerce. When she began her position, she had little experience in the federal government. In the post, she offers several key mindsets she adopted in order to succeed in adapting and succeeding in her role, including viewing fear of failure as an enormous opportunity for career growth.  

'Many female computer science students feel uncomfortable speaking up.'

In a commentary for Fortune online, Pooja Sankar, the CEO and founder of Piazza, a social learning platform that connects college students with classmates and instructors in real time, expresses concern about the pervasive confidence gap among female computer science majors. An analysis of Piazza data revealed that female computer science majors, relative to their male counterparts, asked more questions but answered fewer questions online and when given an option, preferred to ask and answer questions anonymously. Sankar suggests that female computer science majors may feel uncomfortable speaking up, and indicates that the Piazza data findings are replicated at many computer science programs in Ivy League universities and tech powerhouse schools. One strategy that these programs could employ, suggests Sankar, is to introduce more 'active learning' in classrooms in order to engage male and female students in their coursework and encourage participation via collaborative projects and activities.  

Interesting Features at PWN for 4.13.15

News from the PWN Pipeline: 

'The person you are negotiating with has probably adopted a planned strategy to test you.'

Natalie Reynolds, the Managing Director of advantageSPRING Limited and a leading expert on the topic of effective negotiation, has penned an article for The Guardian describing her top 5 tips to negotiating the best deal. She notes that many people are certain that they are negotiating when, in fact, they are actually just arguing. Reynolds reminds us that proposing ideas that help the other person see the way you are thinking is far a more effective approach than arguing. This is a great quick read and a fantastic reminder of successful strategies for negotiation.

"It's too soon to say, 'OK, problem solved.' We haven't solved the problem of underrepresentation of women in the sciences."

A recent study by researchers Wendy Williams and Stephen Ceci of Cornell University created three hypothetical candidates for an assistant professorship (an extremely well-qualified woman, an extremely well-qualified man, and a slightly less qualified man), developed comparable job application packages for each candidate, and asked 873 tenure-track male and female faculty nationwide to rank the candidates. Williams and Ceci found that a woman applying for a tenure-track position in a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) field at a US university is twice as likely to be hired as an equally qualified man. These findings, specifically highlighting the hiring phase of STEM careers, offer some insights into the issue of underrepresentation of women in STEM faculties. The study authors suggest that successful training programs about gender and hiring as well as growing beliefs in gender parity in STEM may have influenced the study outcome. Some limitations of the study include the generalizability of the findings to the real world as well as potential biases earlier in the selection/interview process.

Interesting Features at PWN for 4.5.15

News from the PWN Pipeline:

'Gender discrimination need not be overt in order to exist.'

Ellen Pao's gender discrimination lawsuit against her former employers, the venture capital firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield, and Byers, has captured media attention in part due to Pao's assertion that gender discrimination was occurring in subtle ways at the firm and likely due to unconscious bias. A recent article in the Huffington Post examines rampant national skepticism of unconscious bias and suggests that Ellen Pao's legal team always had an uphill climb in proving their case. Though Pao ultimately lost her gender discrimination suit, she may have helped grow awareness of unconscious sexism and microdiscrimination decisions taking place in not only the tech world, but industry at large.


Advancement Opportunities:

Postdoctoral Research Fellow positions available at the Centre for Applied Neurogenetics at the University of British Columbia

Excellent opportunity for candidates with a PhD (or equivalent degree) in a field directly relevant to translational neuroscience, and with experience in biochemistry, cell biology or rodent behavior, neurochemistry and electrophysiology. The research opportunities at the Centre for Applied Neurogenetics (CAN) relate to novel discoveries of pathogenic mutations in VPS35, RME-8 and LRRK2 linked to late-onset, familial Parkinson's disease. A variety of models and tools have been generated and tested, including human iPSCs and conditional cre-loxP transgenic mice. CAN provides well-equipped, modern facilities and the opportunity to learn/apply a range of molecular, cellular and physiological neuroscience techniques. Successful candidates will show strong research acumen, a successful track record of publication, broad knowledge of human molecular genetics, neurology and neuroscience, excellent communication and presentation skills, and ambition.

More details in the link above
Interested applicants | CV, 3 written references, 3 representative publications
Send to: jobs@can.ubc.ca

Interesting Features at PWN for 3.30.15

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"Women don't need work-life balance to be happy, we've just assumed they do."

An interesting article from Harriet Minter of The Guardian sheds some light on lingering corporate beliefs that women leave their positions in order to stay home with the children. Termed 'benevolent sexism', Minter indicates that decisions are being made about the upward career trajectory of women based on assumptions of what they may want in the future or needing to achieve a certain work-life balance, instead of focusing on current ambitions, productivity and goals.


Advancement Opportunities

Postdoctoral Research Association position available in the Laboratory of Alcoholism and Addictions at Washington State University

Fantastic postdoctoral research opportunity for a candidate with a PhD in a biological psychology- or neuroscience-related discipline with experience in using pharmacological, immunohistochemical, molecular or genetic/epigenetic approaches to understand and/or modify behavior as well as a publication background. The successful candidate would join a multidisciplinary research program to participate in NIH-funded translational alcohol dependence neuroscience research. Research training would include theoretical and technical training in preclinical models integrating behavioral animal models with neuroscientific techniques to elucidate neuroadaptations in limbic and cortical dynorphin/kappa opioid receptor systems that promote maladaptive behavioral regulation in models of alcohol dependence and neuropsychiatric disorder.

Interested applications: CV | Statement of research interests
Send to: Principal Investigator, Brendan Walker, PhD | b_walker@wsu.edu

Interesting Features at PWN for 3.23.15

News from the PWN Pipeline

'The 5 things I want to tell employers about women returning to work.'

A recent article in The Guardian by psychologist and co-founder of Women Returners, Julianne Miles, places emphasis on the difficulties faced by qualified women attempting to return to the workforce after time away focusing on their families. Miles cites a Northeastern University study that showed managers prefer to hire a less qualified candidate over one who has been out of work for six months, based on the assumption that the career gap reflects deterioration of skills. She suggests that ingrained biases against women 'returners' must be addressed and eliminated, and offers 5 arguments against these biases, including the great motivation of returning professionals as well as quick adaptation to senior managerial positions.  


Advancement Opportunities

Postdoctoral or Research Associate positions available in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Minnesota Medical School

Fantastic opportunity for researchers interested in studying molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying excitability in the brain, with an emphasis on processes related to addiction, cognition, and mood. The research program incorporates state-of-the-art techniques and approaches, including brain slice and cultered cell electrophysiology, intracranial pharmacology and chemogenetics, and rodent behavioral analysis.

Candidates must have a PhD in biomedical sciences or biophysics. Prior experience with electrophysiological techniques is preferred but lab will provide training if needed.

Interested applicants: CV | Brief statement of research experience + interests
Send to: Dr. Kevin Wickman | wickm002@umn.edu

Interesting Features at PWN for 3.16.15

News from the PWN Pipeline:

'We must still refine how to promote gender equality.'

The Guardian online offers an important update on gender disparity in STEM-related fields by examining findings from several research studies on the issue. Importantly, it seems that gender biases may persist in specific fields, such as life sciences (psychology, social sciences), where women are still paid less than men, have trouble gaining tenure, and are less likely to apply for assistant professorships. In other fields, however, such as math-intensive fields (geoscience, economics, mathematics/computer science, chemistry, physics), women's careers are progressing more equally to those of men. Unfortunately, in math-intensive fields, there are simply fewer women who have chosen to pursue careers in these fields. The more women who become successful academics in  math-intensive and life sciences fields, the more girls will be taught by women and thus will perceive of greater options and opportunities for themselves. The article also summarizes several key policy interventions that were proposed in a recent research article that could promote gender equality in STEM, among them recruiting gender-balanced review and speaker selection committees and creating institutional report cards for gender equality.

Interesting Features at PWN for 3.9.15

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"There used to be a girl in the Robotics class but she quit, and so, I'm the only girl left."

Click the link above for a brief clip from Microsoft on their new initiative to inspire girls to stay interested in science despite prevailing perceptions that science is a "boy thing." The video features statements from young girls who have demonstrated their interest in science and technology in various ways; one young science enthusiast built her own computer and another developed a garage door opener.

'Call for action to make sure that women and girls are at the center of the global science and technology revolution.'

UN Under-Secretary-General, and executive director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka recently reported in The Huffington Post that UN Women has joined forces with the Global Fund for Women and its IGNITE: Women Fueling Science and Technology campaign in an effort to call for global action in eliminating barriers for equal access and participation for women and girls in global science, technology, and innovation industries. The campaign is also advocating for supporters to sign a petition demanding that critical steps be taken by governments, regional institutions and leading decision makers in the UN to promote global women's empowerment and gender equality in STEM fields.

Interesting Features at PWN for 3.2.15

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"Girls taught by women scientists are more interested in science and more confident of their abilities."

This article features an interview with Shulamit Kahn, an associate professor in the markets, public policy and law department of Boston University School of Management, who, together with three colleagues, conducted research showing that women faculty in math-intensive science fields, including geoscience, engineering, economics, mathematics/computer science, and physical science (GEEMP) feel as professionally fulfilled as their male colleagues. Though women are still underrepresented in these fields, Kahn and her coauthors found that women faculty in GEEMP fields received comparable pay rates, had equivalent access to tenure-track academic positions, and had manuscripts accepted and grants funded at equal rates as their male colleagues. The interview with Kahn offers some interesting perspectives on eliminating pre-college perception barriers to women studying and entering GEEMP fields as well as the importance of female role models in science and engineering.


PWN Member-Led Initiative

Upcoming free Webinar entitled "Protein Analysis Made Simple" offered through The Scientist magazine. 

PWN Member Sarah Barry, graduate fellow in the Jaqueline McGinty Lab in the Neuroscience Institute at the Medical University of South Caroline and Dr. Asima Kerimi, research fellow in the Gary Williamson Group at the University of Leeds, will lead this Webinar on recent advances that can automate protein analysis techniques and procedures in order to obtain more quantitative reproducible data.

Live Webinar | Tuesday March 17th
Free
1-2 pm
Click link above or register here


Advancement Opportunities

Postdoctoral fellowship available in the Department of Psychology at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 

Excellent postdoctoral research opportunity for a candidate with a PhD in neuroscience, pharmacology, psychology or related discipline to study molecular mechanisms through which sex steroid hormones regulate memory in mice throughout the adult lifespan in the laboratory of Dr. Karyn Frick. Successful candidates will have past experience with chemogenetics, gene silencing and/or molecular biology/biochemistry techniques as well as a background in memory and/or behavioral endocrinology and a strong track record of manuscript publication.

More details in link above
Interested applicants: CV | 3 references | Statement of research interests
Send to: Dr. Karyn Frick | fricklab@gmail.com

Interesting Features at PWN for 2.23.15

News from the PWN Pipeline: 

'A man who doesn't help is "busy"; a woman is "selfish."'

Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer at Facebook, and Adam Grant, professor at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, have written a four part series for the New York Times about women in the workplace. This article, the third in the series, focuses on how support work and communal contributions, as well as 'office housework', in the office are differentially perceived and prioritized between men and women. Sandberg and Grant suggest strategies for improving imbalances in support work and office housework that can interfere with career progress and promotions.

5 Common Misconceptions That Make You Bad at Networking

Sometimes, the idea of networking with new acquaintances or colleagues can evoke memories of loud crowded spaces with people talking at you about the work they do, expecting you to do the same, and ending with the frenzied exchange of business cards and hollow promises to keep in touch. Building a network can rely, however, on far more engaging and thoughtful approaches. This article from Fast Company identifies some common misconceptions that derail successful networking and suggests useful approaches for initiating and maintaining more meaningful connections.