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Women in Science Portraits

Professor of Epithelial Biology
Department of Cell & Developmental Biology at the University of Dundee in Scotland
"I basically had no plan at all, it would have been limiting for me."

Many of the challenges young researchers encounter in building a career in science are relevant for both men and women; yet, numbers show that women drop out in significantly higher numbers than their male peers: whereas 57% of life sciences PhD graduates in the EU-27 were women, this number...

Head of the Protein Technologies Facility
Vienna BioCenter Core Facilities GmbH (VBCF)
"Being able to balance family and career should be a concern for everyone, regardless of gender."

Peggy Stolt-Bergner is head of the Protein Technologies Facility and authorised representative of Vienna BioCenter Core Facilities GmbH (VBCF), which provide scientific services and state-of-the-art...