Our Top Picks For July 2nd, 2018

Flickr image by Laura Dahl. 

⭃The idea that men and women's differences stem from innate biological and anatomical differences has been a subject of debate for many years. It has already been proven that many gender differences are actually started and perpetuated by society's own predetermined gender roles; but how much of this would naturally be present regardless? This Atlantic article by Taylor Lorenz discusses leading neuroscientist's findings and beliefs on the matter.

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⭃We have read and heard many stats on the gender gap in STEM fields; both in regards to who the actual researchers doing science are, to the authors who are being published, but how do these two sectors of science compare to one another? For example, about 30% of grants and funding go to women in science both in the US and Europe, but in The Conversation's article, "Perish not Publish," Dr.'s Fine and Shen discuss that while they would have also expected about 30% of last authors in Science and Nature to be women, it was actually only 15%. Check out the article's analysis of the where journals and other publication pathways might be going wrong.


⭃Attaining gender equality does not automatically fix the racial inequality seen in STEM fields. This Eureka Street article by Laura La Rosa discusses how the feminist movement has always included women from all walks of life, and how some feminist leaders fail to remember that.


⭃Ed Yong, a writer for The Atlantic, wrote an article entitled "I Spent Two Years Trying to Fix the Gender Imbalance in My Stories," where he looks back at his own articles, and the sources he spoke too, and saw a huge imbalance of quotes from men compared to women. In this article, he shares some tips that he's learned through the years to help society's bias not be perpetuated through outlets such as science communication.

Flickr image from International Institute of Tropical Agriculture. 

⭃In collaboration with Sian Culley at University College London, this resource has been created to showcase and highlight female microscopists around the world and the specific areas of microscopy they specialize in to assist scientific and conference organizers in selecting excellent speakers for microscopy events and maintaining a positive gender balance.


⭃Check out some stats on Women in Neuroscience base on Neuroscience 2017 registrants here.

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Check out this postdoc opening at Duke, info available on the Slack group PWN page. HARP Postdoc Ad and Job Description_2018-0607.pdf