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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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The science Nobel Prizes are sexist, racist, and misleading. Let's rethink them
Devang Mehta đŸ„ŒđŸŒ±đŸ§Ź - Massive Science 464d 2 tweets
We should be rewarding discoveries, not individuals
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InBabyAttachMode Ah it’s the time of the year to count how many white men were rewarded the #NobelPrize this time around 👇 102d
Coronavirus lockdown lessons from single-parent scientists
Nature.com 156d 7 tweets
Researchers share tips on how to juggle career obligations alongside childcare and home-schooling.
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InBabyAttachMode Coronavirus lockdown lessons from single-parent scientists #parentinginapandemic 148d
Why do women have periods when most animals don't?
Bbc.com 661d 2 tweets
Apart from humans and our close relatives, the only animals that menstruate are elephant shrews and certain bats. Why did it only evolve in these species?
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InBabyAttachMode It is Saturday morning and my kids and I are talking about why some animals get their periods and others not. If you intend to spend your Saturday morning like that I can recommend with lots of input from 175d
SCP: weinig leidinggevende vrouwen door deeltijd
de Volkskrant 204d 1 tweets
Vrouwen stromen minder vaak door naar topfuncties omdat zij vaker in deeltijd werken. Dat blijkt uit onderzoek van het Sociaal Cultureel Planbureau...
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InBabyAttachMode Dutch research shows women don’t reach the top because of parttime jobs. But if all these women’s’ partners would work parttime too, these women COULD work >28 hrs a week. We clearly need a culture change đŸ’Ș 204d
Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center
Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center 318d 512 tweets
Johns Hopkins experts in global public health, infectious disease, and emergency preparedness have been at the forefront of the international response to COVID-19.
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InBabyAttachMode Ceci n’est pas un flattened curve Source: daily cases in the world 234d
‘I had to choose being a mother’: With no child care or summer camps, women are being edged out of the workforce
The Lily - https://www.thelily.com 238d 35 tweets
When parents can't do it all, women's paid labor is often the first to go
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InBabyAttachMode Read this story and you can stop wondering if we still need feminism. #HeForSheAtHome 238d
Why the Crisis Is Putting Companies at Risk of Losing Female Talent
Harvard Business Review 249d 2 tweets
And what leaders can do to prevent it.
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InBabyAttachMode This might perpetuate inequality if the information is only shared with some and not others, potentially disadvantaging women as this article suggests 249d
Inside Higher Ed Can Fuck Right Off

Skepchick 273d 6 tweets
I am writing this blog post during my video office hours. This is what I look like. Two students have already popped in with questions. I have not showered and I am wearing a track jacket. I have n

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InBabyAttachMode “Women are the only ones in academia expected to be flawless, regardless of the situation. Men are quirky when they look haggard.” #everydaysexism -From ⁊⁩ 272d
"A minute of silence" by Artist Marina Abramovic
YouTube 1225d 2 tweets
Artist Marina Abramovic was doing a live art performance that consisted of spending one minute of silence with a complete stranger. Many people showed up, bu...
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InBabyAttachMode For me it was what happens here in The Artist is In exhibition in from Marina Abramovic. I obvs wasn’t there on the day this happened but the video can still move me to tears 294d
The Face of the Average Science Nobel Prize Winner
Inside Science 465d 1 tweets
(Inside Science) -- We are less than a week away from the first announcement for this year's Nobel Prizes.
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InBabyAttachMode This might amuse/anger you 465d
Horizon 2020 proposal template guide – understanding the inner logic and structure
EURAXESS 506d 1 tweets
This article is an original piece from Enspire Science Ltd, a consulting and training service provider for research institutions and individuals, with decades of expertise in EU funding.
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InBabyAttachMode Woah I found this really good #H2020 #grantwriting advice from the EU here 506d
Scientist calls for end to outdated gender stereotypes in experiments
Shraddha Chakradhar - STAT 596d 10 tweets
Neurobiologist Rebecca Shansky says a big misconception is that female hormones are “messy” and complicate matters for research.
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InBabyAttachMode Woohoo! Congrats ! A perspective in ! đŸ’Ș 596d
Gender bias in (neuro)science: facts, consequences and solutions - Schrouff - - European Journal of Neuroscience - Wiley Online Library
Onlinelibrary.wiley.com 681d 12 tweets
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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 680d
Persistent metabolic youth in the aging female brain
PNAS 710d 3 tweets
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 710d
On efficiency and joy
In Baby Attach Mode 714d 1 tweets
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 714d
On setting boundaries and saying no
In Baby Attach Mode 821d 1 tweets
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 821d
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Particles for Justice 834d 60 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 833d
On being happy in my job
In Baby Attach Mode 856d 1 tweets
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 856d
Fund to counter physics 'white male bias'
BBC News 863d 90 tweets
One of the UK's leading female scientists donates her ÂŁ2.3m 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 862d
When funding agencies all of a sudden change the rules
In Baby Attach Mode 875d 1 tweets
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 875d