Our Top Picks for November 4, 2018

 

SfN 2018 is on!! Meet us today, November 4th, 2018, at San Diego Marriot Marquis Grand Ballroom 8 from 6:45 to 8:45pm to break the barriers for young women in neurosciences! A lot of great mentors for the evening will assist and be available to meet and chat, don't be shy and swing by! 

 

Shutout to 15 Spanish female scientists who created the group "Women in science count" to share their science with the general public through libraries, museums and prisons.

This webpage gathers fun infographics about women in tech, to improve visibility of women in STEM careers and offer role models to younger generations.

In this article, the New York Times analyzed the dynamics of replacing male-occupied jobs by women after the rise of the #MeToo movement.

Last week, we highlighted an interview of the 2018 Physics Nobel Prize Laureate Dr. Strickland. This week, another woman scientist, Dr. Francis Arnold, joint winner of the 2018 Nobel prize in chemistry, talks about her ground-breaking research and sexism in science.

This article published in the Boston Globe compares how differently men and women receive feedback and how it impacts productivity.

Finally, this article examines a report of the Council of Graduate Schools stating that for the 9th year in a row, US Universities have awarded more PhD diplomas to women than men. The article dissects this phenomenon by field and how this can impact work environment.