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SUMMARY:Round Table: Women In Science
DTSTART:20140204T133000
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:For the first time\, LS2 will organize a “Women in Science C
 areer lunch” during its 2014 annual meeting.\nThis event is aimed primar
 ily at women pursuing a PhD degree\, postdoctoral training or in their fir
 st junior independent group leader position\, but is also open to men inte
 rested in family-career conciliation issues and gender bias. The major aim
  is to provide career support and advice to women\, who are currently stil
 l largely under-represented in academia.\nIt will consist of a series of r
 ound table discussions\, each moderated by at least one mentor\, including
 :\n-Susan Gasser (FMI)\n-Monica Gotta (UNIGE)\n-Nouria Hernandez (UNIL)\n-
 Suliana Manley (EPFL)\n-Sophie Martin (UNIL)\n-Dominique Soldati-Favre (UN
 IGE)\n-Anne Spang (UNIBAS)\n-Gisou van der Goot (EPFL)\nKindly register fo
 r the event in writing an email to Dr Julie Deuquet. Moreover\, we would a
 lso appreciate if you can indicate which theme you would be interested\nin
  discussing (choose one) by sending an email to Julie Deuquet (julie.deuqu
 et@ls2.ch):\n- Applying for an academic position\n- Applying for postdoc\n
 - Family and career issues\n- Attitude towards and of women in the workpla
 ce\n- Dual career couples\n- Setting up your first laboratoryDeadline for 
 registration is January 10th 2014\, on a first-come first-served basis.\nW
 e reserve the possibility of closing the event in case of over-subscriptio
 n.The proportion of female tenured professors in the life sciences in Swit
 zerland is less than 20%.\nYou are in charge of improving women’s repres
 entation. What would you do first?\nEntries will be accepted from both wom
 en and men. They must be less than 100 words in\nEnglish and sent to info@
 ls2.ch with the subject line “Women in Science”\, by February 6th\n201
 4. The best three\, judged by a panel from the Women in Science session\, 
 will receivemonetary prizes of CHF 150. Selected entries will be published
  anonymously on the LS2\nwebsite.
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