We have a new #DMMPerspective from Mashaal Sohail & Andrés Moreno-Estrada on how the Mexican Biobank project promotes #geneticresearch #inclusivescience and acts as an inspiring example for leading such initiatives in the Global South

📰https://journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/17/1/dmm050522/342683/

The Mexican Biobank Project promotes genetic discovery, inclusive science and local capacity building

Summary: The Mexican Biobank captures biological factors at a nation-wide scale for the first time in Latin America. It is an inspiring example for leading such initiatives in the Global South.

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With #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience this week, revisit this #DMMPerspective from Lynne Prince & Sheila Francis @ShefUni_ClinMed on challenges in & strategies for #Equality #Diversity & #Inclusion in research & academia:
📰https://journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/16/7/dmm050048/325745/
Barriers to equality, diversity and inclusion in research and academia stubbornly persist. So, what are we doing about it?

Summary: People from underrepresented groups are less likely to obtain research funding and secure senior academic positions. Systemic change requires organisational-level action, a diverse workplace, strong leadership and robust support networks in place.

The Company of Biologists

Check out this brand new #DMMperspective from Lynne Prince & Sheila Francis
at #SheffieldUni
on challenges in #Equality #Diversity & #Inclusion in research & academia, with new strategies to build a more inclusive environment:

📰https://journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/16/7/dmm050048/325745/
#EDI #OpenAccess
Image by @neilsmithart

Barriers to equality, diversity and inclusion in research and academia stubbornly persist. So, what are we doing about it?

Summary: People from underrepresented groups are less likely to obtain research funding and secure senior academic positions. Systemic change requires organisational-level action, a diverse workplace, strong leadership and robust support networks in place.

The Company of Biologists

Check out our latest complete issue!

🌵#DMMPerspective on #WoundHealing in animals vs plants, revealing new #therpeautic opportunities
🕸Review on #nerve #cancer interactions
🎉Editorial reviewing a year in DMM

🎨 On the cover is a #Drosophila #embryo with #dystroglycan in red & muscle fibres in green

📘https://journals.biologists.com/dmm/issue/16/1

Disease Models & Mechanisms

Read Volume 16 Issue 1 of Disease Models & Mechanisms.

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