Sreetama Bhadra

Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t

Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).

📢 Funded #PhD position!

🌿Interested in studying angiosperm macroevolution linking genome size, polyploidy and trait evolution? 🍀🌻🔬🧬 Join my group @ibotcz.bsky.social

📄Apply/Details: www.ibot.cas.cz/en/vacancies...

💬 Questions welcome!

#science #plants #polyploidy #genomesize #trait #evolution

Societal gender bias has no borders. This #book holds up the mirror we all need.
Every woman’s story. Every man’s must-read.
#universal #genderbias #mustread #genderequality

Thrilled to start as Junior Group Leader
@ibotcz.bsky.social
this Sept at Průhonice! 🌿🚀

We will explore how #genomesize, #polyploidy & #traits shape plant #diversity, #evolution & #distribution across space and time, combining lab work and modelling.🌴🔬🧬

Funded #PhD openings soon! Get in touch!

Scientists from @ceitec.eu Masaryk University, in collaboration with @czechacademy.bsky.social and @uniregensburg.bsky.social, have identified a novel mechanism by which proteins interact inside human cells 🔍
Read more ⬇️
www.ceitec.eu/ceitec-scien...
#CEITECScience

Strawberry DNA extraction.. my first fun outreach workshop with @latincassia.bsky.social organized by @biggenomes.bsky.social for the visitors of
#communityweek @rbgkew.bsky.social .. very engaging and curious interaction with people of all ages

I’m recruiting a PhD student in macrogenetics at Dalhousie University 🇨🇦! Focus will be on the biogeography of vertebrate genetic diversity or urban evolutionary ecology.
Full ad: www.schmidt-biodiversity-lab.org/macrogenetic...
If the ad is up, applications are still open.
Please share widely! 🧬🧬

Join the new "Genome Size Researchers' Community" if you work on genome size, polyploidy or related topic.

Sign up here: sreetamabhadra.com/genome-size-...

#GenomeSize #Polyploidy #Science #evolution #ecology

Write to me if you need further information

How do I explain the publication gap I ended up with after a hostile manager?

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eLife Latest: Publish in a format that fits Alongside Research Articles, eLife also publishes scientific discoveries in the form of Tools and Resources papers, Research Advances and Short Reports.

Publish in a format that fits 📑

Alongside Research Articles, we also publish scientific discoveries in the form of Tools and Resources papers, Research Advances and Short Reports. Find out more:

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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

Transparency reveals the scale of the problem, and the commitment to act can lead to meaningful change.

The iDiv Female Scientists initiative shows how workplace culture shapes gender equity in academia. Supportive spaces invite change from the ground up — where that’s missing, top-down action is key.
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Sreetama Bhadra
We also discussed how men in academia, Scientific societies, Social media and Scientific journals and popular science magazines can #support #gender #equity measures by #Acknowledgement #Transparency and #Actions

Check out our questionnaire in Supplement to evaluate how supportive your workplace environment is: cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/105...

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: Improving gender equity in academia depends on the workplace environment The authors recommend actions that can be taken by individuals, institutions and policymakers to promote gender equity.

How can we fix gender #inequality in #academia in 3 steps? Suggestions from our article in @elife.bsky.social with Gabriella Damasceno, @danielahoss.bsky.social, Alexandra Weyrich, a product of the iDiv Female Scientists initiative www.idiv.de/striving-for...

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Striving for Gender Equity in Academia Insights from the iDiv Female Scientists Initiative

New @elife.bsky.social paper 🚨

#iDivFemaleScientists co-founders @sreetamabhadra.bsky.social, Gabriella Damasceno, @danielahoss.bsky.social and Alexandra Weyrich share insights how workplace environments impact gender equity efforts and recommend 3 actionable steps: www.idiv.de/striving-for...

Blue sky over the iDiv core centre in Leipzig. Photo: S. Bernhardt

The sky’s the limit for biodiversity research! 🌳☀️ Join iDiv on Bluesky and stay informed about new research, upcoming events, and #iDiv initiatives, including sDiv, the #InsideBiodiversity podcast, and the yDiv Graduate School.

This image is a meme using humor to highlight a frustration in academic research. The top part, labeled "A GAP IN THE LITERATURE," represents the perception of a research gap—a topic that appears to be unexplored or insufficiently studied in academic work. The bottom part, labeled "NON-ENGLISH PAPER THAT NO ONE READS," humorously suggests that such a "gap" often exists not because the topic is unstudied but because the relevant research is published in languages other than English and overlooked by English-speaking researchers. This reflects a common issue in academia where language barriers result in valuable non-English studies being underutilized or ignored, perpetuating the appearance of gaps in the literature.

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PhD position - Tree-based restoration in biodiversity hotspot Madagascar

Why not doing my first Bluesky post advertising a PhD position?

We are looking for a PhD researcher working on social and ecological #restoration effectiveness in #Madagascar based at Wageningen University & attached to the #Demand4Restoration project. Apply by 3.12.!

www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...