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I am a scientist in industry and a mom, among other things. Neuroscience. Feminism. Opinions expressed are my own views.
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Gender bias in (neuro)science: facts, consequences and solutions - Schrouff - - European Journal of Neuroscience - Wiley Online Library
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InBabyAttachMode Gender bias in (neuro)science Important paper with tons of references and SOLUTIONS for institutions, organizations and individuals! #womeninSTEM #womeninscience #IWD2019 75d
Persistent metabolic youth in the aging female brain
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Prior work has identified many sex differences in the brain, including during brain aging and in neurodegenerative diseases. Notably, many of these studies are performed by comparing age-matched females and males. Evolutionary theorists have...
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InBabyAttachMode It's interesting how in this 'women's brains are younger' paper, the male brain is seen as the default on which the algorithm is trained and therefore women are seen as younger... #everydaysexism 105d
On efficiency and joy
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Recently, science twitter observed the annual recurrence of the discussion: should scientists – and in this case specifically postdocs – have kids and when? I don’t want to go int…
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InBabyAttachMode #ICYMI: I wrote a post about efficiency and joy sparked by all the people saying having kids made them more efficient at work 109d
On setting boundaries and saying no
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For a long time in my life, I looked at other people for guidance about my own boundaries: I thought that if they could do something, I should be able to do that same thing. If they worked for 50 h…
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InBabyAttachMode New blog post: On setting boundaries and saying no 216d
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Particles for Justice 228d 30 tweets
High Energy Physics Community Statement
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InBabyAttachMode Physicists speak out against Strumia and back it up WITH SCIENCE! from and many others 228d
On being happy in my job
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Earlier in the year, I wasn’t very happy with where I was in my job. I wanted to make a next step which seemed like a real possibility but in the end it didn’t happen. I vowed to myself…
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InBabyAttachMode New blog post: On being happy in my job 251d
Fund to counter physics 'white male bias'
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One of the UK's leading female scientists donates her £2.3m science prize to help more women, ethnic minority and refugee students to become physics researchers.
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InBabyAttachMode This is awesome: Prof Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell gives her Breakthrough Prize money to a fund to counter 'unconscious bias' in physics. #womeninscience #womeninSTEM 257d
When funding agencies all of a sudden change the rules
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When I went abroad to do my post-doc, I was determined to apply for funding from the homecountry’s national science organization to be able to fund my project. This was a little tricky, becau…
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InBabyAttachMode New blog post: When funding agencies all of a sudden change the rules 270d
Celebrating Cambridge’s LGBT+ scientists and engineers
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We are celebrating all those who work in science, technology, engineering and medicine and who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and other mino...
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InBabyAttachMode Great video from Cambridge University, Astra Zeneca and the Wellcome Genome Campus celebrating their LGBT scientists #LGBTSTEMDay 320d
Hosting a dinner party for our visiting speaker was no piece of cake—but it was worth it
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Restaurants were too limiting for this researcher, so he decided to try something different
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InBabyAttachMode Science twitter MUST have an opinion on this: a grad student hosting a dinner for a speaker at their house. 330d
Trailer: Door de ogen van mijn dochter
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InBabyAttachMode Dutch trailer about male professors talking about chances for their daughters in science: "Door de ogen van mijn dochter" via #womeninscience #womeninSTEM 341d
#MeTooSTEM: stories for everyone
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If you have been living under a rock and think sexual harrassment doesn’t happen in academia, this new blog is for you. If you think: this only happens in the US, this story is for you. If yo…
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InBabyAttachMode New blog post: #MeTooSTEM: stories for everyone 343d
On credibility and using your title
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The other day I was in a training where we talked about how you can influence other people and we revisited Aristotle’s pathos, ethos and logos triangle on persuading people (google it if you…
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InBabyAttachMode New blog post: On credibility and using your title 344d
Our Time: Supporting Future Leaders
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A new initiative from the Mayor, Sadiq Khan, to tackle gender inequality in the workplace. #BehindEveryGreatCity
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InBabyAttachMode Good morning twitter. Take 2 minutes of your morning to watch this powerful movie illustrating gender inequality in the workplace 370d
Another day, another report on the postdocalypse
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As mentioned in Science, a new report from the US Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have deduced we have a problem with too many PhDs and not enough of the jobs that they want. The r…
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InBabyAttachMode Interesting discussion over at : Another day, another report on the postdocalypse #disgruntledpostdoc 398d
The Brain Prize. Or should we say: The Men's Brain Prize?
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Yesterday, the Brain Prize was awarded. No doubt that this year’s winners have made a strong contribution to neuroscience, but it was quite painful to see that this was the sixth year in a ro…
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InBabyAttachMode New blog post: The Brain Prize. Or should we say: The Men's Brain Prize? #womeninscience #diversity 440d
Prestigious scientist says "Dutch women don't want to work hard"
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Yesterday was International Day of Women and Girls in Science and it was great to see all the different faces of women and girls in science on twitter and read their stories. I love the atmosphere …
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InBabyAttachMode I received a reply from Hans Clevers this morning 461d
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InBabyAttachMode New blog post: Prestigious scientist says #womeninscience #womeninSTEM #everydaysexism 463d
Analysing gender gaps and biases in the allocation of grants
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Research Participant Portal is your entry point for electronic administration of EU-funded research and innovation projects
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InBabyAttachMode Including one to analyse gender gaps and biases in the allocation of grants 468d
H2020-SwafS-2018-2020
European Commission 🇪🇺 - Ec.europa.eu 566d 2 tweets
Research Participant Portal is your entry point for electronic administration of EU-funded research and innovation projects
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InBabyAttachMode H2020 has a couple of calls on gender equality 468d
Repost: How much I like my PhD advisor
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After I just got off the phone with my PhD advisor feeling all warm and fuzzy, I suddenly thought of this post from five years ago: Recently, I realized that I now love my PhD advisor more than eve…
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InBabyAttachMode Repost: How much I like my PhD advisor 484d