Congratulations to Dr Sofia Castelló y Tickell (@SofiaAtSea) who has been named a 2024 prize recipient of the @SciCommAwards given by
@theNASEM in partnership with @schmidtsciences!
Sofia won in the Research Scientist: Early Career category 🏆 https://t.co/R0kd9r83R2
Various things can make you proud as a PhD supervisor, but few are more rewarding than watching the graduation of a student who has faced more difficulties than most. Congratulations Dr @SaharAkbarivala, deserving @UoLondon@RoyalHolloway@RHULBioSci PhD holder! 10 years...💪👏👏
Graduation @RoyalHolloway, always a great occasion to celebrate our students' achievements. Very proud of my tutees Kate Calliss (top graduand in @RHULBioSci AND the uni overall), Nikoleta Koleva (best Biochemistry project); & #RareDiseaseDay coordinators Ash Adnitt & Grace Hagon
#OTD 1945 Lorna Iris Scott (1895-1894) became a Fellow of the @LinneanSociety. She studied botany at Royal Holloway College under Margaret Jane Benson FLS (1859-1936). An account of Lorna’s life and achievements can be read here: https://t.co/AvJ5PnPIch thanks to @EghamMuseum
Fieldwork season is here! As part of a research project I'm running in collaboration with @ProjectOrchard, I’ll be spending the next year collecting bees, beetles, butterflies, and soil cores from dozens of urban orchards in and around London! Supervised by @ElliLeadbeater1 🪲
It takes women almost 15 years longer than men to progress to full professorships at top UK universities on average, says study https://t.co/YBoWzCgZwJ via @paddywjack
Congratulations @hana_merchant for passing your PhD viva today with Minors! Thank you to @rwriesch1976 and Mike Scantlebury for acting as Examiners! Thank you @London_NERC_DTP for the funding, and @moleratsarego for the co-supervision. @RHULBioSci
Women in Botany: creating a rich data resource on plant genera named to honour women, supporting research and recognition for their core role in science - publication from @SvMering @SandyKnapp@SiobhanLeachman et al. https://t.co/l2AijbD9kX
1/4 - I've been busy making some engagement resources for the GenePools eDNA x Citizen Science project - I hope they might be useful for others too 😊->
The Disabled Women in Academia panel event brings together women with disabilities in academia at different stages of their careers. They will reflect on their journeys; what support is available and what still needs to be done in academia to empower women with disabilities. 1/2
Sexism in academia is bad for science and a waste of public funding
We just published this paper in Nature Rev. Mater. (2023) today.
https://t.co/DNmHHGTV7g
An open access link is given under this link https://t.co/jbDSobEeph
Massive congratulations to @RHULBioSci's Prof @ElliLeadbeater1 who has been awarded @ERC_Research Consolidator Grant to study the ecology of animal cognition! 🐝 🪰 👏👏👏 #ERCCoG https://t.co/fpGdqSKLea
Maria Sybilla Merian travelled to Surinam in 1699 to study and draw caterpillars, producing 'Metamorphosis of the Insects of Surinam' the 1st book to picture the life cycle of #insects on their host plants. 7 insects are named after Merian
#womeninSTEM#ALD23#WomenArtists
Miriam Rothschild was a @RoyEntSoc
member for 70+ years and its 1st female president. An expert on fleas, she complied 'An Illustrated Catalogue to the Rothschild Collection of Fleas'. She also worked as a codebreaker at Bletchley Park during WWII #womeninSTEM#ALD23