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RFS Briefings - June 28, 2019
We are pleased to include another issue of RFS Briefings with some timely and encouraging updates on women in science.
Of note in particular:
Time to End the Manel Tradition
In keeping with the findings of a recent report by the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, “Sexual Harassment of Women: Climate, Culture, and Consequence in Academic Science, Engineering, and Medicine,” Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, NIH Director, declares that “’it is time to end the tradition in science of all-male speaking panels, sometimes dryly referred to as ‘manels.’” Read more.
Rosalind Franklin Award Winner Announced
Reshma Shetty, founder, president and chief operating officer of Ginkgo Bioworks, will receive the Rosalind Franklin Award for Leadership in Industrial Biotechnology and Agriculture on July 10, 2019 at the BIO World Congress in Des Moines, Iowa. The award, now in its sixth year, is sponsored by the Rosalind Franklin Society. Dr. Shetty is being recognized for her many contributions to the important goal of using industrial biotech innovation to develop sustainable biobased value chains. Read more.
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RFS Briefings - May 28, 2019
We are pleased to include another issue of RFS Briefings with some timely and encouraging updates on women in science.
Of note in particular:
World Science Festival: Awaken Your Inner Genius
This year’s event will take place from May 22 through June 2.
The World Science Festival, a production of the World Science Foundation, a nonprofit organization headquartered in New York City, was launched in 2008. Gathering great minds in science and the arts to produce live and digital content, the Festival allows a broad general audience to engage with scientific discoveries. Of note, the program will include “Women in Science: Lab Tours for Girls” on June 1 at the NYU Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, including introductory talks, “for the next generation of scientific genius – girls.” The annual live, week-long Festivals have collectively drawn over 2.9 million visitors worldwide, with millions more viewing the programs online.
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RFS Briefings - May 7, 2019
We are pleased to include another issue of RFS Briefings with some timely and encouraging updates on women in science.
Of note in particular:
Pioneering Neuroscientist and Nobel Laureate Paul Greengard Dies at 93,
Rockefeller.edu, April 14, 2019
Neurobiologist Paul Greengard, whose career spanned seven decades, joined the faculty of Rockefeller University in 1983 where he was Vincent Astor Professor and director of the Fisher Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research. His work, which contributed to major advances in the treatment of a broad range of neurological and psychiatric diseases, was recognized with the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2000. With this money, he and his wife founded the prestigious Greengard Prize to honor outstanding women in biomedical research, named after the mother he never knew, Pearl Meister Greengard, who died in childbirth. Greengard was a past speaker at an RFS Meeting.
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RFS Briefings - April 4, 2019
We are pleased to include another issue of RFS Briefings with some timely and encouraging updates on women in science.
Of note in particular:
Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Science and Technology, nationalacademies.org, March 6, 2019
In a statement before the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. Congress, Marcia K. McNutt, President, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, addressed one of the most important issues facing our nation – “the health of the U.S. innovation enterprise and the implications for our long-term global competitiveness.” She argued for a strong U.S. leadership in science and a diverse STEM pipeline.
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Rosalind Franklin Selected as Namesake for Mars Rover
New Rochelle, NY, February 8, 2019 — The Rosalind Franklin Society applauds the decision to rename the UK-based Mars Rover ExoMars as Rosalind Franklin, in honor of the British biophysicist and X-ray crystallographer who made critical contributions to the understanding of the fine molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal and graphite.
Rosalind Franklin was selected by the European Space Agency from nearly 36,000 responses received in response to a public call for suggestions. The Rover will be sent to Mars in 2020.
"As founder of the Rosalind Franklin Society, I am so very gratified, as are the members of our founding board, that the United Kingdom, where she made her remarkable discovery, is honoring her in such a magnificent way," said Mary Ann Liebert, Founder of RFS and CEO of Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers.
The Rosalind Franklin Society honors the under-recognized achievements of the late Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958), a British x-ray crystallographer whose work producing x-ray images of DNA was crucial in the discovery of its structure by James Watson and Francis Crick. Franklin symbolizes progress for women in science but her accomplishments were not recognized during her lifetime, awarded posthumously, nor are they completely acknowledged today. The Society works to enable women to achieve more tenure-track appointments in academia as well as leadership positions in industry, academia, and government. As these goals are achieved, the Society communicates them to the scientific community and to talented young women to motivate them to pursue science as a profession. |
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