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20 EU-LIFE post-docs on their way to become a PI. First milestone, knowing how they want their career to be.

28 Jun 2017
It is June 13th, the sun is shining in Paris and temperatures are rising. The first participants of the LIBRA Career Development Compass are starting to arrive at the BDD, the Genetics and Developmental Biology building at Institut Curie (IC). Half an hour later, Graça Raposo , head of Training Unit of IC and Renata Basto , leader of the GEP team at IC welcome the 20 participants, female post- ...

Baby and me, plus an ERC

23 Jun 2017
For the " My Life in Science ” seminar series The Babraham Institute has hosted women and men of diverse backgrounds - from senior scientists to young group leaders and people from outside academia. All of them presented their very personal view on their life in science. We are now collecting some of these stories to make them available as an inspirational resource. adrian.png The first case ...

The development of the GEP at the European Institute of Oncology: views and perspectives

21 Jun 2017
Last May 15th the Gender Equality Plan (GEP ) team at the European Institute of Oncology (IEO) convened for one of the scheduled periodic meetings. The meeting was the occasion for discussing the state of the art of the actions as well as for sharing views and perspectives on the impact of the GEP ten months after its official launch. All team members agreed that the GEP implementation is still ...

LeanIn Peer-Support Group at MDC

21 Jun 2017
MDC has established a peer-support group to further support and guide postdocs through their career development, as well as to make them more self–confident and more self–aware of their own skills. I took the initiative to create the group based on the LeanIn platform, after exchanging with Séverine le Bras, the LIBRA manager at BRIC, who started such a group earlier this year at BRIC. Read more ...

How we advanced the discussion on gender equality at CeMM

21 Jun 2017
“Responsible Research” lecture series To help raise the profile of the gender equality discussion at CeMM , we invited gender expert Anna Beninger from Catalyst Inc., USA , to present to the whole institute as part of the CeMM “Responsible Research” lecture series. anna_beninger_presents_at_cemm.jpg Her talk, entitled “ Why Diversity Matters: A Win-Win for Institutions and Individuals ”, was very ...

NKI recruited 6 new junior group leaders, 3 women, 3 men.

21 Jun 2017
In the past months six new junior group leaders joined the NKI. At the recent NKI research retreat, they introduced themselves to the whole NKI research community by presenting a short overview of the projects they are working on. Below be profile each of the new junior PIs (Top row: Tineke Lenstra, Gerben Borst, Leila Akkari. Bottom row: William Faller, Benjamin Rowland, Pia Kvistborg) ...

LIBRA Recruitment Handbook

8 Jun 2017
One of the biggest challenges in recruitment is to overcome unconscious biases. This handbook compiles a series of recommendations for a more fair, objective, and transparent recruitment process for senior leadership positions in science research institutes. Diversity is a key feature of a modern and successful workplace. It allows access to a larger talent pool, increases the number of ...

Newsletter 04/2017

27 Apr 2017
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Celebration of International Women's Day 2017 at BI

30 Mar 2017
libra_cake_bi.jpg Gender Equality - Why the whole is greater than the sum of its parts On 8th March 2017 the Babraham Institute hosted the International Women’s Day 2017 Symposium “Gender Equality: Why the whole is greater than the sum of its parts” . The event focused on how advancements in gender equality benefit everyone and why men are critical to drive change. david.png.jpg One of the ...

Celebrating International Women's Day 2017 at CRG

28 Mar 2017
Welcome reception: distributing flyers with alumna profiles The Gender Balance Committee at CRG decided this year to use the 8th of March, International Women's Day, to profile women scientists, and at the same time to promote CRG alumna who are now in independent research positions. To increase the impact of the flyers, they were not spread at the commonly used dissemination desks of the ...

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