If you are in Bangalore this Friday, you may not want to miss this public lecture by Prajval Shastri ಪ್ರಜ್ವಲ್ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಿ پرجول شاستری for Archives at NCBS

#geologistsday posting hot from the field. Working on taphonomy and extinction at 42 degrees centigrade and smelting hot and sweaty! Yet life is beautiful to a geologist!! Pyritized plant fossil : Gondwana TheLifeofScience.com Sharmila Vaidyanathan #geologistsday 2024 #womeninSTEMM

In this paper, Sayantan Datta documents lived experiences of those who introduce messiness in the neat distinction between communities of science and of queer/trans individuals in science institutions in India.
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Peer reviewed and out today in Communications Biology !

nature.com/articles/s4200…

Many thanks to our handling editor and our peer reviewer for helping us improve on the manuscript!

We hear it's the end of the road for The Wire Science
Thanks to VM Siddharth & team for their early support to Lab Hopping, cross-publishing our pieces when we were pretty unknown, helping us expand our readership & sustain the project.
peregrination.net/2024/03/30/end…

Clearly, this is still a thing.

Thank you for acknowledging us, Meghna! We're sure the lecture was enlightening - hope to hear it sometime:)

This is great, but it doesn't work as a feel-good statement. Would be more responsible if our leaders reminded us that pretty stats don't mean equity, and dared to question whether it is ok that most high-level UGC meetings continue to be male-dominated.

UGC on Women's Day 4 days back: Launches SHeRNI website 'to ensure representation and visibility for the contributions of women scientists and faculty members.'
UGC on other days: 👇🏾

A second database for women scientists of India, just this month 😅
This one is called SHeRNI. This time a UGC initiative.

On #Fossilfriday happy to launch my first ever book for children 'One Few over The Gondwana Vertebrates' from the Engagement Grant of The PalAss #InternationalWomensDay2024 Women in STEM Research (WISR) India Women in STEM #WomenInScience Rukhmabai Initiatives Naturkundemuseum Stuttgart #ISIkolkata

The new portal SWATI “endeavours to have data of all women scientists of the country included”. Here's what you need to know before signing up.
thelifeofscience.com/2024/03/08/swa…

Gifting y'all a chuckle with this Mary Anning comic on #InternationalWomensDay 😉
Men, employers & allies from oppressive groups - the best way to celebrate women is by taking accountability✌🏿

#Jobs CEASE (Conservationists & Ecologists Against Sexual Harassment) is looking for a #parttime coordinator to further its mission to make workplaces safer.
💵Pay: Rs 20-30k (~20hrs/week)
Details in screenshots from Suhel Quader's FB
cease-india.in

Barbie-land, quantum security and hostility on the career ladder - Don't miss this illuminating interview with Urbasi Sinha
nature.com/articles/s4200…

The unstoppable Urbasi Sinha is quite clear and consistent in interviews abt gender bias in science: she didnt face any growing up or while training, it crept up as she took up senior roles from senior decision-makers aka boys club. nature.com/articles/s4200…