Interesting Features at PWN for 3.2.15

News from the PWN Pipeline:

"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