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Reflecting on allyship as women in science
EMBL recipients of 2020 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science fellowships note critical need for support systems and mentors Agnese Loda (on left) and Camille Goemans, were awarded L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science fellowships in 2020. They reflect on women in science and why allies are important.
Agnese Loda had just given birth to a beautiful girl, yet despite the new joys of motherhood and love for her fledgling family, she was frustrated. Her research wasn’t progressing in the way she hoped, and she felt like she was falling behind her peers. She seriously questioned whether she could be both a good scientist and a good mother. However, her supervisor – also a woman and now EMBL Director General – offered reassurance and encouragement, reminding Agnese that both her experiences and her reactions to those experiences were normal. Things would get better. Science needed her and she could weather this balancing a
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Understanding Earth’s oceans together
EMBL and the European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC) have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen scientific cooperation The memorandum of understanding opens the door to new scientific opportunities and collaborations.
Edith Heard, EMBL Director General, and Nicolas Pade, Executive Director of EMBRC, have signed a memorandum of understanding for increased scientific collaboration between their respective organisations.
“Many of the actions envisioned in EMBL’s new Planetary Biology transversal theme would connect perfectly with some of EMBRC’s marine stations. Joining forces with EMBRC will be highly beneficial for both sides and for European science,” explains Edith Heard. “The various forms of potential collaborations, in particular with regard to EMBL’s European coastline exploration project, are manifold.”
A major advance for structural biology provision within Europe has been achieved as Instruct-ERIC and EMBL join forces to launch Instruct Centre EMBL .