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3. Dr Kelsey Byers - Disabled Scientists
What do EDS, POTS, and floral scents have in common? In this episode, Sofie speaks with Dr Kelsey Byers, a disabled evolutionary chemical ecologist, about developing identity as a disabled person...
In this episode, I interview Dr Kelsey Byers - @plantpollinator.bsky.social.
It was a joy to record and I hope you enjoy listening to this edit focusing on disability, advocacy, and research into pollinators and floral scents.
π Norfolk bees!
www.disabledscientists.com/2437552/epis...
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Many neurodivergent people and people with invisible disabilities choose not to disclose to their employers or colleagues.
John, a pseudonym, talks about why he has chosen not to talk about his neurodivergence at work in the most recent episode of the podcast.
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If you enjoyed listening to Dr Katherine Deane and want to hear more about what she's working on... β¬οΈ
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Hear Katherine speak about it herself here:
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Access All Areas in Labs
University of East Anglia
Whether you're in a wet lab or work with a computer most of the day, buying new equipment, communicating your work with the public, or organising a conference: there's something for you in these guidelines. #DisabledInStem
accessingbrilliance.org
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Access Ambassador, Dr Katherine Deane, has pushed to make the University of East Anglia possibly one of the most accessible campuses in the world, has created comprehensive STEM access guidelines, and is developing accessibility assessments to promote higher access standards in STEM. #DisabledInStem
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1. Dr Katherine Deane - Disabled Scientists
What do a functional movement disorder and lab access guidelines have in common?In this episode, Dr Katherine Deane, associate professor in healthcare research at the University of East Anglia, speaks...
The first episode of the Disabled Scientists podcast has been released!
I interview Dr Katherine Deane, Associate Professor in Healthcare Research, about her role as Access Ambassador and the development of Lab Access Guidelines as a disabled researcher.
www.disabledscientists.com/2437552/epis...
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I just really love shapes. I love it when things are shapes. And I love it even more when shapes are things
(Molecular model printer @3dmoleculardesigns.bsky.socialβ¬β¬, former rodent botherer, perennial cell enjoyer)
Evolutionary genetics of plant-insect interactions. Sault Tribe Chippewa. Currently at Arizona State University
multi-disabled CA based cross-disability rights advocate
Not Holland, not Italy - just my life.
Entomologist, likes pollination, insect behaviour, IPM, horticulture and agriculture, sustainability, nature and especially wild bees.
Works at Niab (UK). Views my own. she/her
Neurodivergent, quirky, sometimes wrong but usually teachable.
STS / enviro studies prof, on unceded Seneca lands. mostly thinking with insects and about ableism in biology. own views, etc. she/they
PhD candidate in the Gunn lab at Cornell. Engineering carbon fixation. Biochemistry, structural biology. she/her
PhD student studying mallard productivity, survival & movement at Essex Uni Life Sciences ARIES DTP | birder | C-permit ringer for π¦ | she/her π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ
Evolutionary Neurobiology and Behaviour
www.shmontgomery.co.uk
Advocacy, community, and support for #disabled, #chronicallyill, & #neurodivergent scholars at UAB ππ
https://linktr.ee/spooniescholarsatuab
I make bread, tell stories and help people talk about their science
thepiercy.co.uk
π¦ Researching extinction dynamics in ancient ecosystems and studying Mathematics at the #OpenUniversity from Estonia
π² All about complex systems, probability theory & nonlinear dynamics
π±Made a tree-growing sim: https://epcc.itch.io/idu
βΏοΈ Lupus warrior
Working dog genetics and genomics | R | Open Science | ManyDogs Project | The Turing Way | Inclusion and Accessibility
Ad Astra Fellow, Asst. Prof., School of Chemistry, @ucddublin.bsky.social⬠|
Editor, @joss-openjournals.bsky.social |
Personal: espottesmith.github.io |
Research group (@coreacter.org): coreacter.org |
orcid.org/0000-0003-1554-197X |
All opinions mine
Ecology student
I also do art stuff!
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Jon from the Christianity On The Spectrum Podcast | Both Christian and Autistic | Red Team and IR | Veteran of the Cyber Wars
(he/him)
Landscape Genomics | Insect Biodiversity | IDEA in STEM
Neurodivergent Researcher
We are here to affirm that you DO belong in STEM! This is a safe space for people with disabilities in STEM to connect. Contact: disabledinstem@gmail.com
Pollination & floral scent evolution; group leader, John Innes Centre (UK). Birds, bugs, cats, tea, &c. Any pronouns, asexual, agender, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome / POTS / ADHD / autistic / associated stuff. Majority time wheelchair human. Posts mine.
