Pernilla Wittung
@PernillaWittung
Professor at Chalmers doing research on proteins. I care about gender equality in academia. I started Genie, a large gender initiative at my university, 2019.
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19-12-2015 20:51:39
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Followed a great seminar today by Pernilla Wittung on 'female faculty: why so few and why care?' Awesome to finally see Swedish statistics on the topic. Read the article 👇 to find out more on the gender gap in Sweden. stemwomen.net/2016/03/22/is-…
#equality #queerinstem #phdlife
Danish study. I gave some comments towards end. Similar to Swedish situation..
UniversityWorldNews #dei #genderequality #academia
Report exposes ‘shocking’ extent of sexism in academia universityworldnews.com/post.php?story…
Välkomna! Performance lecture med mig och fantastiska musikalstudenter från Balettakademin. Spännande! #outreach #proteiner #musikdans vetenskapsfestivalen.se/for-alla/prote…
Precis sträckläst denna viktiga bok om psykisk ohälsa. Känner igen så mycket. Tack Frida Boisen Tilda Boisen ni berättar!
United Nations Secretary-General's message on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science: Equal participation of women and girls in scientific discovery and innovation is the only way to ensure that science works for everyone. #GenderEquity #WomenInScience
un.org/sg/en/content/…
This agrees so well with what I realized when leading Genie… #genderequality
5 Ways DEI Has Been Ineffective And How We Make It Better forbes.com/sites/janicega…
Berzelius Days! I was ‘opening act’ for chemistry Nobel laureate MacMillan who gave stellar presentation to high school students 👍 Kemisamfundet | The Swedish Chemical Society David MacMillan #outreach #chemistry
Wonderful day at Rice University Chemistry Department ending with drinks at Peter Wolynes’ house with Naomi Halas and Anna-Karin Gustavsson ⭐️
It was a wonderful Gordon Research Conferences on protein folding in Galveston! As past chair, I gave a keynote on my amyloid discoveries. Congrats to chairs Robert Best and Martin Gruebele!
Looking forward to #GRC in Galveston in less than a week! Gordon Research Conferences #proteinfolding Less snow and many friends!
Recommend this book by Amy Diehl, Ph.D. Leanne Dzubinski From now, I will use ‘glass walls’ instead of ‘glass ceiling’ when I speak about DEI!
📢 Don't miss what everyone is reading! 👀 This recent letter has over 2,900 views:
Amyloid Fibers of α-Synuclein Catalyze Chemical Reactions
🖊 Istvan Horvath and Pernilla Wittung
Read for free ➡ go.acs.org/7l0
A bunch of happy female Nobel Prize Committee members at award ceremony #NobelPrize #WomenInSTEM #DEI The Nobel Prize
2023 chemistry laureates eating lunch with the committee for the chemistry prize after their Nobel lectures! #NobelPrize #Chemistry