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Women in Science Forum

29/05/2012

3 roadblocks you might encounter during your scientific career.

In my experience both as a scientist and as a coach helping other scientists, I’ve come to know very well three obstacles or roadblocks that might have a huge impact on your scientific career, the decisions you make, and your overall satisfaction. These three roadblocks are: the definition of scientific success, the impostor syndrome, and feeling like a failure.

Women in Science Forum

31/10/2011

by Abby Tabor (Mysciencework) Same Author (12)

Giving Thanks for a Revolution in Immunology

Professor Rashika El Ridi (Egypt. Cairo), 2010 laureate of the L’Oréal-UNESCO program For Women in Science, is well aware of the great advances in immunology that have made her own research possible. She observes the impact on her own work, and expresses gratitude for this knowledge, which she hopes will help to improve the health of millions.

Science for a better future

19/10/2011

by Abby Tabor (Mysciencework) Same Author (12)

Expanding Ever Faster: The Discovery that Changed the Fate of the Universe

An astonishing result that amazed the world of astronomy, the discovery that the expansion of the universe is increasing in speed is today recognized as a major contribution to science. Astronomers Beatriz Barbuy (Brazil. São Paulo) and Silvia Torres-Peimbert (Mexico. Mexico City) both laureates of the L’Oréal-UNESCO program “For Women in Science”, reflect on the importance of this work.

Women in Science Forum

30/09/2011

by admin Same Author (14)

Responding to the challenge of HIV

Leen Mathys (K.U. Leuven) takes the challenge to find new strategies to prevent replication of the AIDS virus. This virus has developed resistance to all existing antiretroviral drugs, so the challenge remains daunting. Leen is one of the 3 new fellows of L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Belgium 2011 programme.

Women in Science Forum

18/08/2011

by Jacqueline Caine Same Author (1)

We all have a part to play

I’ve always been a worrier. My childhood memories are littered with flash moments of concern beyond my years. Mixed with reasonable trepidation for murderous clowns and a definite anxiety of Hansel and Gretel type torture, a regular dose of the BBC’s Sir David Attenborough meant that I also worried on a regular basis about the plight of pandas, rhinos, rainforests and reefs. I was a serious child.

Women in Science Forum

03/08/2011

by Marisa Alonso Nunez Same Author (3)

Baking science and cancer

When they asked me to collaborate with this blog I asked what they expected from me to write about. The answer was very simple: “write about your field of expertise”. So here I am, ready to tell you quite a few things about… YEAST!!! Yes, you have read it right: Yeast. But don’t worry; this is still a blog about Science, not a baking one. And I won’t talk just about yeast, but also about other research done in the field I work in now (cancer) and can be interesting for you.

Women in Science Forum

08/06/2011

by Rebecca Hill Same Author (1)

Women’s Role in Science

The question of women’s role in science has been high on the agenda in the past few years and, as a woman in science, it’s something I have taken a great interest in.

Women in Science Forum

01/04/2011

by Yerim Kwon Same Author (1)

Devoted to the welfare of mankind

Hongik Ingan is the founding national philosophy in Korea; it literally means “devotion to the universal welfare of mankind”. I grew up under these cultural ideals and this is why I always think about how I can give the world a positive influence as a Plant Scientist.

L’Oréal-Unesco AWARDS

23/03/2011

by Agora Manager Same Author (47)

Elaine Fuchs, 2010 L’Oréal-UNESCO Award Laureate, is awarded 2011 Albany Medical Center Prize

Elaine Fuchs, head of Rockefeller’s Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development, was named a recipient of this year’s Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research, at $500,000 the largest award in medicine and science in the United States. Fuchs, recognized for her contributions toward realizing the vast potential of stem cells to treat or reverse disease, shares the prize with James A. Thomson of the University of Wisconsin in Madison and Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University in Japan.

Fellowship Programs

21/03/2011

by Agora Manager Same Author (47)

Call for Applications UNESCO-L’OREAL International Fellowships (2012)

We are pleased to announce that applications for the 2012 UNESCO-L'OREAL For Women in Science International Fellowships are now being accepted. The Fellowships are available to women doing doctoral or postdoctoral research in the Life Sciences outside their home country.