The most striking gender difference is found in the level of service to one’s university, particularly in institutional ‘housekeeping’ chores including faculty governance, recruitment, student admissions, evaluation and promotion. Read more
The US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) in Washington DC are conducting a study on how sexual harassment in academia influences the career advancement of women in the scientific, technical and medical workforce. Read more
This is a guest blog post by Prof. Eleftheria Zeggini. Ele trained in Biochemistry (BSc) and Immunogenetics (PhD) in Manchester, UK, before undertaking a post doc and subsequently a Wellcome Trust Research Career Development Fellowship in Oxford. She joined the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Hinxton, UK, and is on the Human Genetics Faculty. Ele’s scientific interests focus on the genetics of complex traits, primarily cardiometabolic and musculoskeletal phenotypes, and on addressing relevant statistical genetics issues. She also leads the Wellcome Genome Campus-wide Sex in Science programme (https://www.sanger.ac.uk/workstudy/sexinscience/), which engages a wide base of scientists and drives policy and practice change. Read more
Genitalia are a hot topic. Interest in their diversity and rapid evolution have seen research in the field balloon in the past decade. Stories on studies of the penises of ostriches, chickens, sea slugs and a variety of insects have all made the science pages. But where are all the female genitalia? Read more